From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 6 Mar 2003 12:14:27 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 6 Mar 2003 12:14:27 -0500 Received: from fmr01.intel.com ([192.55.52.18]:44778 "EHLO hermes.fm.intel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 6 Mar 2003 12:14:25 -0500 Message-ID: From: "Grover, Andrew" To: daveman@bellatlantic.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: RE: Missing keypress when ACPI enabled Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 09:24:34 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) content-class: urn:content-classes:message Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > From: daveman@bellatlantic.net [mailto:daveman@bellatlantic.net] > Since about 2.5.60, the first 2.5 kernel that has > built/booted for me, I've noticed X/Kscreensaver fails to > capture a keystroke after about 20 minutes of inactivity, in > the password login prompt. It is only the first keypress that > is lost, all later keypresses work fine. I believe I've > narrowed it down to an interaction with having ACPI enabled, > as booting the kernel with 'acpi=off' seems to make the > problem go away. I've attached dmesg and .config output. > Please let me know if I can assist further. Aha, you have an IBM A20 (or similar). You are not the first one to report this, and indeed this happens on my T20, even under Windows. Given that, I would suspect this is a side effect of some unknown IBM BIOS enhancement, so I don't know what we can do without IBM telling us more about what's going on. Regards -- Andy