From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264881AbUISWtJ (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Sep 2004 18:49:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264903AbUISWtJ (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Sep 2004 18:49:09 -0400 Received: from smtp814.mail.sc5.yahoo.com ([66.163.170.84]:63628 "HELO smtp814.mail.sc5.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S264881AbUISWtG (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Sep 2004 18:49:06 -0400 From: Dmitry Torokhov To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm1: i8042.c: Can't read CTR while initializing i8042 Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 17:48:57 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 Cc: Felipe Alfaro Solana References: <0F0D52DF-0A80-11D9-96E1-000D9352858E@linuxmail.org> In-Reply-To: <0F0D52DF-0A80-11D9-96E1-000D9352858E@linuxmail.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200409191748.58785.dtor_core@ameritech.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sunday 19 September 2004 04:08 pm, Felipe Alfaro Solana wrote: > Hello, > > My keyboard has suddenly stopped working with 2.6.9-rc2-mm1-VP-S1 and > 2.6.9-rc2-mm1. This is part of the output of dmesg: > > i8042: ACPI [P2KI] at I/O 0x0, 0x0, irq 1 > i8042: ACPI [P2MI] at irq 12 > i8042.c: Can't read CTR while initializing i8042. > > This does happen on 2.6.9-rc2-mm1-VP-S1 and 2.6.9-rc2-mm1 on a NEC > Chrom@ laptop, with a 440BX motherboard, Pentium III Mobile and > integrated PS/2 keyboard and mouse. It doesn't happen in 2.6.8.1, not > does it happen on my Pentium 4 machine, however. > > Any ideas? > It looks like your box has a badly written DSDT table. Try booting with i8042.noacpi for now ot try Bjorn's patch that can be found here: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=109508824931419&w=2 -- Dmitry