Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 16 Sep 2005 02:53:56 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: Lost keyboard on Inspiron 8200 at 2.6.13 |
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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.
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