Re: i8042 controller on Toshiba Satellite P10 notebook - patch

From: Jaco Kroon
Date: Tue Apr 05 2005 - 16:36:09 EST


Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Apr 5, 2005 4:01 PM, Jaco Kroon <jaco@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>btw Dmitri, that patch does not seem to work. But the kernel panic that
>>kicks in when X starts up does imply that _something_ changed. No sync
>>however, so no stack trace in the logs either. In fact, looking at the
>>dmesg part of those two boot attempts the serio i8042 driver doesn't
>>even manage to find the KBD or AUX ports (No keyboard or mouse).
>
> I wounder how it could be. The patch just does i8042_nomux=1, exactly
> as i8042.nomux does. Can I get that panic trace, please? I assume you
> see it on the screen?
Black screen. That is it. Will try again tomorrow if I can - right now
I dearly need some sleep.

>>I can do more trouble shooting at a later point. For now I'll just use
>>"i8042.nomux=1 usb-handoff" to boot with. Thanks for the effort.
>
> You were still using "usb-handoff" with my patch, weren't you? Only
> "i8042.nomux" can be dropped.

Yes.

Jaco
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