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SubjectRe: 2.4.20-rc3 keyboard & mouse lost in X
On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 10:11:28PM +0000, John Bradford wrote:
> > > > I've mentioned it before many times, (since 2.4.20-pre8) so I'll just
> > > > mention - it still happens.
> > > > Going to X mouse and keyboard stop responding.
> > > >
> > > > Not a good thing, since most users like using X.
> > >
> > > Are you sure it isn't an XF86Config problem? Does 2.4.19 work?
> >
> > 2.4.19 works - every 2.4.x works up to 2.4.20pre8. pre8 with ac3
> > works (what I'm using now). If you look back you'll see I've reported
> > this for many versions (most of 2.5.4x has the same problem).
>
> Try disabling the local APIC, if it is enabled.

This caused the keyboard to work in X. Mouse still not responsive.
I do get an error message in syslog after starting X now:

Nov 24 17:59:12 Master kernel: keyboard: Timeout - AT keyboard not present?(00)

but the keyboard works.

>
> > The ONLY difference between working and not working is the kernel
> > version.
>
> 2.4.x and 2.5.x have very different input layers, so it is suprising
> that the same problem is occuring with both trees.

Very surprising. I can't test 2.5.49, though, as it won't boot from my
reiserfs v3.6 HD.

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