Re: Lost keyboard on Inspiron 8200 at 2.6.13

[Tim Rupp]

Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Thursday 15 September 2005 23:29, Tim Rupp wrote:
> 
>>I just recently went to upgrade to 2.6.13 from 2.6.12.3 and after
>>re-compiling with a clean .config, I've hit a snag.
>>
>>I'm pretty sure I've got the config script down right, but upon reboot,
>>I no longer have a keyboard.
>>
>>I checked to see if this had crept up between 2.6.12.3 and 2.6.13.1. It
>>seems that >2.6.13 are the versions that do this.
>>
>>Attached are dmesgs from my 2.6.13.1 and 2.6.12.3 kernels. In the
>>2.6.13.1 kernel I noticed this line.
>>
>>	i8042.c: Can't read CTR while initializing i8042
>>
> 
> 
> The kernel failed to talk to your keyboard controller. Try booting with
> "usb-handoff" and also try "acpi=off"
> 

Excellent, either argument gets me my keyboard back, thanks a ton Dmitry!

Tim
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