Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 10 Feb 2003 10:53:01 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 10 Feb 2003 10:53:01 -0500 Received: from relay2.uni-heidelberg.de ([129.206.210.211]:36013 "EHLO relay2.uni-heidelberg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id convert rfc822-to-8bit; Mon, 10 Feb 2003 10:52:59 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Bernd Schubert To: John Clemens , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Mouse/Keyboard hangs.. Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 17:02:38 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.3 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Message-Id: <200302101702.38448.bernd-schubert@web.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 5036 Lines: 124 Hi, did you also try to disable apm (so disable acpi and apm) ? On my thinpad R31 a loop reading of /proc/apm makes mouses and keyboard usage almost impossible (it is said that its the fault of the BIOS), perhaps your problem is related. Bernd On Monday 10 February 2003 09:23, John Clemens wrote: > Hi all.. > > I'm having an issue with my laptop.. the same issue i've had for since I > baught it.. Under linux the mouse (synaptics touchpad) and/or keyboard > will suddenly lock. All input stops. I can telnet in and shutdown > cleanly, but that doesn't help recover that I've got on my screen in X (or > the console). > > Hardware: HP n5430 laptop, synaptics touchpad, trident XP graphics, > standard low-end laptop. > > Here's the really odd part. When it happens, if i notice quickly enough > and hit the power switch on my laptop for just a split second (not the 5 > seconds to power off).. it sometimes comes back! It's happened twice > while typing this email in pine using a text console (no X, no mouse). > But if I wait too long (a few seconds)...no matter how many times i nudge > the power switch, it never comes back. Sometimes it's more frequent then > others.. sometimes I'll go for days/weeks without seeing it. > > I've been seeing this since I got the laptop, and I've run almost every > 2.4.x (x > ~10) and a lot of 2.5 kernels on here (currently, 2.5.54). > The behavior is a little different recently though with the 2.5 series. > Now, sometimes when it comes back, i get the character i was typing > repeated (as if a key was stuck) until i hit another key. This change > could be related to the new i8042 changes in 2.5, I'm not sure. > > I've tried : APIC, no APIC. > ACPI, no ACPI. > ALI IRQ router, ACPI IRQ router. > psmouse_noext command line arg. > powernow-ing the CPU down to 500Mhz (850Mhz duron... heat > related?) > > All to no avial. The only possible reason I can think of that hitting the > power button could help is that triggers ACPI, which uses IRQ 9... > and I seem to remember something about IRQ 2 (cascade) and IRQ 9 (ACPI) > being one in the same, really.. maybe we missed an interrupt somewhere and > hitting the power switch forces IRQ 2 to trigger, somehow triggering IRQ > 1 (keyboard) as well? It's a stretch and my understanding of PC IRQ > logic is sketchy at best. > > Does anyone have any ideas? > > /proc/interrupts and relevant dmesg output is below the sig.. > thanks, > john.c > > - -- > John Clemens http://www.deater.net/john > john@deater.net ICQ: 7175925, IM: PianoManO8 > "I Hate Quotes" -- Samuel L. Clemens > > Linux diana 2.5.54 #14 Sat Jan 4 00:02:14 EST 2003 i686 unknown > > CPU0 > 0: 615936502 XT-PIC timer > 1: 4574 XT-PIC i8042 > 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade > 8: 1 XT-PIC rtc > 11: 24012204 XT-PIC eth0 > 12: 52 XT-PIC i8042 > 14: 285204 XT-PIC ide0 > 15: 628739 XT-PIC ide1 > NMI: 0 > LOC: 0 > ERR: 0 > > dmesg: > .... > ACPI: RSDP (v000 PTLTD ) @ 0x000f7c20 > ACPI: RSDT (v001 PTLTD RSDT 01540.00000) @ 0x0fffcc46 > ACPI: FADT (v001 ALI M1533 01540.00000) @ 0x0fffef64 > ACPI: BOOT (v001 PTLTD $SBFTBL$ 01540.00000) @ 0x0fffefd8 > ACPI: DSDT (v001 COMPAL 736 01540.00000) @ 0x00000000 > ACPI: BIOS passes blacklist > ACPI: MADT not present > Building zonelist for node : 0 > Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=Linux ro root=305 ide0=ata66 > psmouse_noext=1 ide_setup: ide0=ata66 > Local APIC disabled by BIOS -- reenabling. > Found and enabled local APIC! > Initializing CPU#0 > Detected 849.376 MHz processor. > .... > Enabling disabled K7/SSE Support. > CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line), D cache 64K (64 bytes/line) > CPU: L2 Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line) > CPU: After generic, caps: 0383fbff c1c7fbff 00000000 00000000 > Intel machine check architecture supported. > Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0. > Machine check exception polling timer started. > CPU: AMD mobile AMD Duron(tm) Processor stepping 01 > .... > device class 'input': registering > register interface 'mouse' with class 'input' > mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice > register interface 'event' with class 'input' > input: PS/2 Generic Mouse on isa0060/serio1 > serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 > input: AT Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0 > serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 > .... > > - > 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/ - 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/