From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262042AbTD2XED (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Apr 2003 19:04:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261932AbTD2XED (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Apr 2003 19:04:03 -0400 Received: from [64.246.42.47] ([64.246.42.47]:3747 "EHLO euroseek.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262049AbTD2XEB (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Apr 2003 19:04:01 -0400 From: "Virgil" Subject: Linux 2.4.x on HP ze4145 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org X-Mailer: CommuniGate Pro Web Mailer v.3.5.9 Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 18:06:53 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello, This particular laptop has, among other things, an Athlon XP1800 mobile processor with an ALI USB 1.1 controller, an ATI Northbridge, an ATI 320 (CAB0) videocard and a synaptics PS/2 touchpad. In the following I'll try to best describe the problem I have. (Please note that I am not a developer, although I dream about writing a driver for the oz6912 PCMCIA controller this laptop came with). Kernel versions covered: 2.4.19 - 2.4.21pre6 patched with acpi-patch. Distribution: none (LFS 4.0). For distributions, I tried RH 7.1, 7.3 and 8.0 but all fail installing if I don't pass pci=off during installation. After reboot and stock kernel I end up with the problem below, which does not dissappear when custom compiling the kernel. 1) I compiled the kernel with usb support built-in (not as modules). Upon booting and entering the login prompt, the keyboard is blocked (i.e. I can't write anything with it). If I press the power button, the computer enters runlevel 0 (so it is not frozen) and powers off. 2) Recompile the kernel with usb as modules (usbcore and usb-ohci) and do a script in /etc/rc.d/init.d/ to load the modules at boot time. Symptoms stay as above. 3) Remove the script from /etc/rc.d/rc3.d (e.g.). Boot. Login as root. The keyboard works (yee!). Do cat /dev/mouse. Keyboard no longer works (all three LEDs light up). Reboot. 4) Do step 3 above but don't cat the mouse anymore. Instead do modprobe usbcore and modprobe usb-ohci. The keyboard is NOT blocked. Do cat /dev/mouse. The mouse works (yee). Do mount -t usbdevfs none /proc/bus/usb. The USB filesystem is initialised and the USB works beautifully (tested with a digital camera, a scanner, and currently with an Apple USB mouse and Apple USB keyboard). Did any1 have a similar problem? I posted this message about three months ago on the linux-usb, omnibook and finally last week on linux-laptop, with no success :-( At this point I am completely out of ideas, so I'd appreciate any help. Virgil ------------------------------------------------- Search for pictures with Euroseek Image Search http://euroseek.com/image_search/ Euroseek Translation http://www.euroseek.com/translator/