Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: [patch] voluntary-preempt-2.6.8-rc2-L2 PS2 keyboard gone south | | From | Lee Revell <> | | Date | Fri, 30 Jul 2004 17:46:38 -0400 |
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On Fri, 2004-07-30 at 17:31, Shane Shrybman wrote: > On Fri, 2004-07-30 at 14:03, Lee Revell wrote: > > On Fri, 2004-07-30 at 10:06, Shane Shrybman wrote: > > > Twice while using -L2 my IBM PS2 keyboard has become completely > > > non-responsive. USB mouse and everything else seems to be fine, but no > > > LEDs or anything from the keyboard. > > > > > > On both occasions the last key I hit on the keyboard was numlock and the > > > numlock did not come on and I had to reboot after that. > > > > > > UP, x86, gcc 2.95, scsi + ide, bttv > > > > > > > This happened to me, also twice necessitating a reboot. I am pretty > > sure I did *not* hit Num Lock last, though the system was under load - > > multiple builds going on, jackd running, and video playback. I tried to > > toggle Num Lock to see if the machine was really locked hard, and it > > worked for a while (though it did not go on/off exactly once for each > > time I hit it), then stopped responding. > > > > Did this happen with both the rc2-L2 and rc2-M5 kernels for you too? >
Have not tried M5 yet (still building). An improved fix was posted for the PS/2 problem recently which uses a semaphore and work queues rather than Ingo's original quick fix of just adding a lock-break. If the problem is indeed keyboard-related, this may help.
I also have not determined whether the system freezes completely or whether it is just the input layer that hangs. Next time this happens I will try to ssh in.
Lee
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