Re: PS2 Keyboard and mouse dead in FC3 on Dell Precision 530

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Keith Hunt wrote:

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 15:07:36 -0500, J. Epperson <epperson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Sent this last night, but my registration was apparently not complete
and it did not go to the list (not in archive, anyway)>

The i get an error when booting FC3 on a Dell Precision 530 ("i8042.c:
Can't read CTR while initializing i8042").  The keyboard and mouse are
then "dead" from there on--can't press a key and trigger kudzu before
the timeout, can't type a username/password on the X11 login screen,
etc.  Odd, since they both worked fine all the way through a graphical
install, just not with the resulting kernel config.  Reading suggests
apci/apic problem in i8042.c code, I've tried the suggested noapic and
noacpi kernel line parms, but nothing's working.  I did include SELinux
in "warn" mode in the install, FWIW.

Installed FC1, and everything worked ok.  Will try FC1-->FC3 upgrade
tonight.  Suggestions welcome.

--jake




Could this be the same bug described in: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=123535

This was for FC2 but it may be still not fixed. It happens when you
are using the SMP kernel. If this is your problem, the only
workarounds I know are to disable legacy USB in the BIOS or switch to
the single processor kernel.




Thanks to both Keith and David for the legacy USB response. Would that the be "USB Emulation" setting on the Precision 530 BIOS, you think? It says its for OSes that don't have direct USB support. I'll have to set it "OFF" and reinstall FC3. Currently have FC1 running flawlessly to make sure it's not hardware on this new/used box (dual 2.2Ghz Xeons).

Doesn't look like bug 123535 exactly, but could still be a problem with the same code. It doesn't mention the i8042.c boot initialization error, though.


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