Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 19 Oct 2004 11:43:15 -0400 | Subject | Re: PROBLEM: 2.6.9-rc3, i8042.c: Can't read CTR while initializing i8042 | From | Jan Harkes <> |
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On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 05:13:07PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > On Llu, 2004-10-04 at 20:21, Ronald Moesbergen wrote: > > Since 2.6.9-rc3 (I tested rc3-bk3 also) on 3 out of 10 boots my PS/2 > > keyboard is dead and 'i8042.c: Can't read CTR while initializing i8042' > > shows up in my logfile. Google found this: > > > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=109463125415432&w=2 > > > > which suggests to add i8042.noacpi=1 to my boot parameters, but > > unfortunately that doesn't help, the kernel doesn't even recognize this > > option. Reverting back to 2.6.9-rc2 fixes it. The machine is a P4 3Ghz > > HT, E7205 chipset, ASUS P4P8X board. > > For E7xxx systems you need to disable USB legacy support in the BIOS > because SMM only works on the boot processor. There is a patch to > automate it in 2.6.8.1-ac you can also borrow
Same problem on a Dell Dimension 8250. However I couldn't find an option on the BIOS to disable usb legacy support.
The only thing that worked was booting with 'acpi=off'.
Jan
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