From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262338AbTIZPGd (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Sep 2003 11:06:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262339AbTIZPGd (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Sep 2003 11:06:33 -0400 Received: from twilight.ucw.cz ([81.30.235.3]:7066 "EHLO twilight.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262338AbTIZPGb (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Sep 2003 11:06:31 -0400 Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 17:06:28 +0200 From: Vojtech Pavlik To: Nicolas Mailhot Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Keyboard oddness. Message-ID: <20030926150628.GA10521@ucw.cz> References: <1064569422.21735.11.camel@ulysse.olympe.o2t> <20030926102403.GA8864@ucw.cz> <1064572898.21735.17.camel@ulysse.olympe.o2t> <1064581715.23200.9.camel@ulysse.olympe.o2t> <20030926134116.GA9721@ucw.cz> <1064585567.23200.15.camel@ulysse.olympe.o2t> <20030926141750.GA10183@ucw.cz> <1064586116.23200.17.camel@ulysse.olympe.o2t> <20030926142607.GA10344@ucw.cz> <1064587824.23200.19.camel@ulysse.olympe.o2t> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <1064587824.23200.19.camel@ulysse.olympe.o2t> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 04:50:25PM +0200, Nicolas Mailhot wrote: > Le ven 26/09/2003 ? 16:26, Vojtech Pavlik a écrit : > > On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 04:21:57PM +0200, Nicolas Mailhot wrote: > > > Le ven 26/09/2003 ? 16:17, Vojtech Pavlik a écrit : > > > > On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 04:12:47PM +0200, Nicolas Mailhot wrote: > > > > > > > > > The difference being the system can then try to rescue my keyboard;) > > > > > Right now the only fix I have is to reboot the system because there is > > > > > precious little I can do with a stuck keyboard. Thank god software > > > > > reboot is always possible be it with the mouse or the acpi button. > > > > > > > > > > (and this also solves the case when something falls on a keyboard which > > > > > does happen now and then. I don't mind a screen of j's when the > > > > > alternative is 200 j's screenfulls) > > > > > > > > You can simply press any key and it'll stop repeating. > > > > > > > > If that doesn't work, you have a more severe problem than a stuck key, > > > > that wouldn't be solved by stopping the repeat. > > > > > > It stops the repeat all right. > > > The problem is the keyboard is dead afterwards:( > > > > That's very interesting. Can you enable DEBUG in i8042.c and post a log? > > Will it be of any use for an USB keyboard ? (just asking) No. For an USB keyboard I'd suggest unplugging it, then re-plugging and then it should work. Then look at what 'dmesg' says. -- Vojtech Pavlik SuSE Labs, SuSE CR