more details on laptop keyboard problems, 2.5.66-bk4

more details on laptop keyboard problems, 2.5.66-bk4

[Robert P. J. Day]

  ok, here's a little more info.  as i was booting my dell
laptop with 2.5.66-bk4, just after the "Starting sendmail"
message, i got a screenful of

  atkbd.c: Unknown key (set 0, scancode 0x0, on isa0060/serio1) pressed.

i did in fact build support for an AT keyboard (CONFIG_KEYBOARD_ATKBD)
directly into the kernel, since it seemed based on the explanation
that i needed that.  (to refresh your memory, i have both the built-in
keyboard and a PS/2 keyboard which is plugged into the combo 
keyboard/mouse port on the back, and under 2.4.18, both are
functional at the same time.)

  another interesting symptom is that, as the system was booting,
i was prompted by kudzu whether or not to remove the configuration
for the missing Sharp SL series (Zaurus).  i selected yes, and not
only did i get to the correct dialog screen, but the next button
i *would* have selected was pressed automatically.  

  it was as if having pressed CR once translated into two CRs,
one per screen.  very strange.

  finally (and probably related to power management), after waiting
at the "Starting sendmail" prompt for about a minute, the laptop
simply turned itself off.  not good.

  but one step at a time -- any suggestions regarding that "atkbd.c"
error??  i'm assuming that i really need that option selected, no?

rday

Re: more details on laptop keyboard problems, 2.5.66-bk4

[Randy.Dunlap]

On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 16:26:53 -0500 (EST) "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@mindspring.com> wrote:

|   ok, here's a little more info.  as i was booting my dell
| laptop with 2.5.66-bk4, just after the "Starting sendmail"
| message, i got a screenful of
| 
|   atkbd.c: Unknown key (set 0, scancode 0x0, on isa0060/serio1) pressed.
| 
| i did in fact build support for an AT keyboard (CONFIG_KEYBOARD_ATKBD)
| directly into the kernel, since it seemed based on the explanation
| that i needed that.  (to refresh your memory, i have both the built-in
| keyboard and a PS/2 keyboard which is plugged into the combo 
| keyboard/mouse port on the back, and under 2.4.18, both are
| functional at the same time.)
| 
...
| 
|   but one step at a time -- any suggestions regarding that "atkbd.c"
| error??  i'm assuming that i really need that option selected, no?

Any chance that you need to set CONFIG_I8K ?

config I8K
	tristate "Dell laptop support"
	---help---
	  This adds a driver to safely access the System Management Mode
	  of the CPU on the Dell Inspiron 8000. The System Management Mode
	  is used to read cpu temperature and cooling fan status and to
	  control the fans on the I8K portables.

--
~Randy

Re: more details on laptop keyboard problems, 2.5.66-bk4

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Randy.Dunlap wrote:

> On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 16:26:53 -0500 (EST) "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
> |   ok, here's a little more info.  as i was booting my dell
> | laptop with 2.5.66-bk4, just after the "Starting sendmail"
> | message, i got a screenful of
> | 
> |   atkbd.c: Unknown key (set 0, scancode 0x0, on isa0060/serio1) pressed.
> | 
> | i did in fact build support for an AT keyboard (CONFIG_KEYBOARD_ATKBD)
> | directly into the kernel, since it seemed based on the explanation
> | that i needed that.  (to refresh your memory, i have both the built-in
> | keyboard and a PS/2 keyboard which is plugged into the combo 
> | keyboard/mouse port on the back, and under 2.4.18, both are
> | functional at the same time.)
> | 
> ...
> | 
> |   but one step at a time -- any suggestions regarding that "atkbd.c"
> | error??  i'm assuming that i really need that option selected, no?
> 
> Any chance that you need to set CONFIG_I8K ?
> 
> config I8K
> 	tristate "Dell laptop support"
> 	---help---
> 	  This adds a driver to safely access the System Management Mode
> 	  of the CPU on the Dell Inspiron 8000. The System Management Mode
> 	  is used to read cpu temperature and cooling fan status and to
> 	  control the fans on the I8K portables.

that's already selected as a module, as it was with my 2.4.18 kernel.
but it's unlikely that's the cause -- all that feature is for is to
support i8kutils, which allows one to do things like read cpu temp
and so on.  that feature is definitely optional, and shouldn't make
any difference, but it's already in there as a module anyway.

rday