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SubjectRe: Lost keyboard on Inspiron 8200 at 2.6.13
Dmitry Torokhov <dtor_core@ameritech.net> 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"
>

This is of course not an acceptable solution. A machine which worked
without funky commandline parameters should continue to work in later
kernels.

How come it broke?
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