Re: isa0060/serio0 problems -WAS- Re: Asus MB and 2.6.12 Problems

[Michael Krufky]

Andrew Morton wrote:

> Michael Krufky <mkrufky@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>  
>
> > I am cc'ing your message to Vojtech Pavlik, the INPUT DRIVERS kernel 
> > maintainer.
> >
> > Vojtech, I figured these should be sent to you.  If I am wrong, please 
> > redirect them to the correct person / list and let us know.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Frank Peters wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 12:10:18 -0400
> > > Michael Krufky <mkrufky@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >      
> > >
> > > > I am having the same problem with my Shuttle FT61 motherboard, although 
> > > > I have not tried to disable ACPI... Until now I thought I just had a 
> > > > faulty keyboard, as my method to fix this was to unplug the keyboard and 
> > > > plug it back in after bootup.  When this happens, I see this in dmesg as 
> > > > the last line:
> > > >
> > > > input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0
> > > >
> > > > I am also having problems with my AUX mouse, as seen in message
> > > >
> > > > Subject: 2.6.12-rc5-mm1 breaks serio: i8042 AUX port
> > > >
> > > > Frank, are you having problems with your ps/2 mouse port as well?
> > > >
> > > >   
> > > >
> > > >        
> > > I am so glad that you asked this.
> > >
> > > I have not been able to get my ps/2 mouse to function with any
> > > 2.6.x or 2.4.x kernel (same ASUS MB).  The problem is already
> > > so long standing that I have completely given up on it and use
> > > a serial mouse exclusively and no longer bother with ps/2.
> > >
> > > (I also hate to report that since I dual boot with MS Windows,
> > > the ps/2 mouse functions properly under the same conditions
> > > with MS Windows 2K.  The hardware cannot be at fault.) 
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >      
> > >
> > > > As a clarification, I have been having these keyboard problems 
> > > > intermittently, regardless of whether I'm using -mm or mainline kernel.  
> > > > I was NOT having this problem in 2.6.11  I wasn't having the psaux mouse 
> > > > problems in 2.6.11 either  .... I unplugged my psaux mouse from that 
> > > > machine before 2.6.12-mainline was released, so I don't know if those 
> > > > symptoms are still present.
> > > >   
> > > >
> > > >        
> > > Actually, my keyboard problems began with kernel-2.6.11, but were
> > > quickly resolved when I used the following parameter in my lilo.conf
> > > file:
> > >
> > > i8042.nomux
> > >
> > > When I use this parameter, or any other i8042 specific parameter,
> > > with kernel-2.6.12, there is no effect.  The keyboard still occasionally
> > > comes up dead.
> > >
> > > Thanks for the information on unplugging and re-plugging the keyboard.
> > > I'll give that a try soon.
> > >
> > >      
>
> Guys, are these problems fixed in 2.6.13-rc4?
>
> If not, please cc linux-kernel on the reply, thanks.
>  

Sadly, I must report that yes, the problem still intermittently occurs 
in 2.6.13-rc4 :-(  I'm the one that tested on the Shuttle FT61 
Motherboard.  Never has a problem in windows and never in 2.6.11 and 
earlier.

I first noticed this problem sometime during 2.6.12-rc series.

--
Michael Krufky

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