Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755645AbaBFJOJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Feb 2014 04:14:09 -0500 Received: from mail-la0-f52.google.com ([209.85.215.52]:63640 "EHLO mail-la0-f52.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754961AbaBFJOC (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Feb 2014 04:14:02 -0500 From: Mikael Pettersson MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <21235.21077.175269.903168@gargle.gargle.HOWL> Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 10:13:57 +0100 To: linux-input@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: keyboard problems on Dell Latitude E6230 X-Mailer: VM 8.1.2 under 24.1.1 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I'm having problems with the built-in keyboard on Dell Latitude E6230 laptops and Linux 3.12/3.13 kernels: - sometimes the keyboard just keeps sending the same key code, as if the key was held down permanently; sometimes that can be cured by pressing ^C or something, but often only a reboot fixes it - sometimes the keyboard just stops sending key codes; only a reboot fixes it This issue has plagued me since Nov last year when I got my first E6230. Last week I got a replacement machine, but it too has the same problems. Since I haven't seen this problem with any other laptop under Linux for the last 15 years or so, I have to conclude that there's some HW issue with these machines that the Linux kernel doesn't handle. Any ideas? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/