From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261942AbUDGKeA (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Apr 2004 06:34:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262514AbUDGKeA (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Apr 2004 06:34:00 -0400 Received: from [80.72.36.106] ([80.72.36.106]:8414 "EHLO alpha.polcom.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261942AbUDGKd6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Apr 2004 06:33:58 -0400 Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 12:33:52 +0200 (CEST) From: Grzegorz Kulewski To: "R. J. Wysocki" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.5: keyboard lockup on a Toshiba laptop In-Reply-To: <200404071222.21397.rjwysocki@sisk.pl> Message-ID: References: <200404071222.21397.rjwysocki@sisk.pl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, R. J. Wysocki wrote: > Hi, > > FYI, I've just had a keyboard lockup on a Toshiba laptop (Satellite 1400-103) > with the 2.6.5 kernel. > > It occured when I was typing some text in kmail. Everything worked just fine > except for the keyboard that was locked (dead - even capslock did not work). > Fortunately the (USB) mouse worked, so I could reboot the machine "gently" to > get my keyboard back in order. > > I use RH9 with some modifications to support the 2.6.x kernels. Attached is > the .config. Hi, Was anything in your logs about that? I think that maybe you should disable PREEMPTION. Or use different distribution than RH9. They often modify gcc and other programs, maybe even X - maybe try to compile your kernel on "vanilla" gcc 3.3.3. I can give you a shell on computer with Gentoo and working gcc. Or change distribution: Gentoo works ok for me and my friends! :-) regards Grzegorz Kulewski