Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 4 Mar 2010 08:22:41 +0100 | Subject | Re: evdev keyboard driver stopped working after upgrading from Kernel 2.6.33-rc8 to 2.6.33 (official release) | From | Zeno Davatz <> |
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On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 4:33 AM, Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> wrote: > On Wed, 2010-03-03 at 21:45 +0100, Zeno Davatz wrote:
>> I am always updating to the latest rc Kernel Release, that Linus shares via Git. >> >> I also upgraded to the latest stable kernel version after rc-8, to >> 2.6.33. But since I am on 2.6.33 my Xorg evdev-Driver stopped working. >> I can hit any key on the keyboard, but nothing will happen. The mouse >> and the graphics are just fine and work well. >> >> I have an Asus Eeepc 1101HA, with Gentoo and the psb-kmod driver compiled. >> >> Xorg starts just fine, does not crash but the keyboard does not react. >> >> Everything worked fine on 2.6.33-rc8. >> >> Any hints what changed from 2.6.33-rc8 to 2.6.33 stable that made my >> keyboard stop reacting? >> >> Let me know and I will test. > > I don't see any obvious candidates rc8->final. There's _very_ little > for input. > > On the bright side, there are only 225 commits, so a bisection should be > almost painless. That's probably your best bet for rapid resolution.
Is there a possibility that something changed between rc2 and final, something that would concern the evdev driver or the keyboard input? It seems that /dev/input/event5 where the keyboard is found does not pass anything on to Xorg.
I did not change anything else on my system except upgrading the kernel.
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