From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753583Ab0CDHWo (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Mar 2010 02:22:44 -0500 Received: from ey-out-2122.google.com ([74.125.78.25]:61711 "EHLO ey-out-2122.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753485Ab0CDHWn convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Mar 2010 02:22:43 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=JJocy4/GUKSKkTQrkMhpCaigpOtJEt3xEyBHiqWaQw59FNUKxj4tvB0hUNPghCiDmi +N0Omx8oatu+TVa+t1/i1Mw5ZE0QtxAMfLLKNlgTd6QL1YX3viGC7Twa5lwY6C6ubvDC m+dCYFvg4qJqoR/bqokHqFTkOdWKXnwGKhZ7Y= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1267673633.6416.7.camel@marge.simson.net> References: <40a4ed591003031245g79cca873t89e90545337a9067@mail.gmail.com> <1267673633.6416.7.camel@marge.simson.net> Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 08:22:41 +0100 Message-ID: <40a4ed591003032322l4ad2dc00sd3de718b5a76089b@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: evdev keyboard driver stopped working after upgrading from Kernel 2.6.33-rc8 to 2.6.33 (official release) From: Zeno Davatz To: Mike Galbraith , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 4:33 AM, Mike Galbraith 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. Best Zeno