Messages in this thread | | | From | storner@image ... | Date | 1 Oct 1998 05:58:40 -0000 | Subject | Re: keyboard lockups on Compaq |
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>I've got several Compaq Deskpro EP's that don't seem to like Linux. >After doing the RedHat install, which worked fine, there's about a >50-50 chance that when the machine reboots the keyboard will not be >usable.
Same problem here, with the same Compaq model. It seems to be the keyboard reset code that needs a "full reset" rather than the more limited setup normally done by the kernel.
In the 2.1 kernels, there is a "kbd-reset" boot parameter you can use. With 2.0, you'll need to change drivers/char/keyboard.c and remove the "#ifndef __i386__" / "#endif" surrounding the definitions for the keyboard reset (it's right near the beginning of the file).
That seems to cure the problem for me.
-- Henrik Storner | "testing? What's that? If it compiles, it is good, | if it boots up it is perfect." | Linus Torvalds
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