Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 3 Nov 2002 18:18:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 3 Nov 2002 18:18:37 -0500 Received: from pasky.ji.cz ([62.44.12.54]:8441 "HELO machine.sinus.cz") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sun, 3 Nov 2002 18:18:36 -0500 Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 00:25:08 +0100 From: Petr Baudis To: Matt Pharr Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: keyboard not recognized with 2.5 kernels Message-ID: <20021103232507.GE20338@pasky.ji.cz> Mail-Followup-To: Matt Pharr , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-message-flag: Outlook : A program to spread viri, but it can do mail too. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1758 Lines: 47 Dear diary, on Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 12:17:04AM CET, I got a letter, where Matt Pharr told me, that... ..snip.. > After 2.5 boots, my keyboard doesn't seem to be recognized (it's an > old-style one plugged into the keyboard port, not a USB keyboard). > Everything is fine up to the login: prompt, but then any key I hit doesn't > cause anything to happen (including ctrl-alt-del). ..snip.. > I don't think I did anything dumb in the configuration step--I used my > working 2.4.19 .config file, did a 'make oldconfig', and answered questions > in conservative ways. In particular, I do have CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBOARD set > properly: > > # > # Input Device Drivers > # > CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBOARD=y > CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE=y > # CONFIG_MOUSE_INPORT is not set > # CONFIG_MOUSE_LOGIBM is not set > # CONFIG_MOUSE_PC110PAD is not set > # CONFIG_INPUT_JOYSTICK is not set > # CONFIG_INPUT_TOUCHSCREEN is not set > CONFIG_INPUT_MISC=y > CONFIG_INPUT_PCSPKR=y > # CONFIG_INPUT_UINPUT is not set Try to answer yes to the Serial i/o support (under Input device support) and then enable support of the i8042 PC Keyboard controller. Making the keyboard configuration under 2.5.x more obvious is currently in the process of discussion. -- Petr "Pasky" Baudis . This host is a black hole at HTTP wavelengths. GETs go in, and nothing comes out, not even Hawking radiation. -- Graaagh the Mighty on rec.games.roguelike.angband . Public PGP key && geekcode && homepage: http://pasky.ji.cz/~pasky/ - 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/