On Wed, 2003-12-24 at 10:46, Dave Jones wrote: > On Wed, Dec 24, 2003 at 10:36:49AM -0500, Cokey de Percin wrote: > > I'm having problems using a ps2 keyboard with the just released 2.6 > > kernel and Core 1.0. I downloaded, configured, compiled & installed the > > released 2.6.0 kernel (kernel-source-2.6.0-0.1.14.i386.rpm) and > > everything went smoothly until I tried to login from the 1st console (X > > is turned off locally) and the keyboard didn't work. Thinking I had > > done something stupid when I rolled by own kernel, I pulled down a > > prebuilt kernel (kernel-2.6.0-0.1.14.i686.rpm) and installed it. No > > change. > > any relevant msgs in dmesg output ? > As you're not averse to building your own kernels, you could try > flipping the debug switch on in drivers/input/serio/i8042.c > (line 42, just s/undef/define/) > That should produce a slew of output as it detects the keyboard/mouse > and when you hit/release a key. If it actually does spew output, > then this could be one of the corner cases the new input core doesn't > handle yet (keyboard handling was completely rewritten, and some > keyboards don't quite follow the specs it seems), in which case, the > maintainer of this code (vojtech@xxxxxxx) would probably like to hear > about it. > > Dave > > -- > Dave Jones http://www.codemonkey.org.uk Ok, I'll do that. Change has been made & kernel is recompiling now. I'll get the debug output on the way this evening... Have a great holiday! Cokey -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ F. 'Cokey' de Percin, DBA Email: CSC Work - cdeperci@xxxxxxx Columbia, South Carolina Home - fdepercin@xxxxxxxxx -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. Mailscanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.
