Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 5 Oct 2001 10:39:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 5 Oct 2001 10:39:43 -0400 Received: from host-150.subnet-93.med.umich.edu ([141.214.93.150]:11187 "EHLO mail-02.med.umich.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id convert rfc822-to-8bit; Fri, 5 Oct 2001 10:39:26 -0400 Message-Id: X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.0 Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2001 10:42:16 -0400 From: "Nicholas Berry" To: , Subject: Re: Odd keyboard related crashes. Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >>> Ian Stirling 10/05/01 05:01AM >>> >I'm running 2.4.10, and the ps/2 keyboard came out of it's socket. >On plugging back in, all worked fine, until 10 seconds later there was a >crash. (the keyboard worked after being plugged in) >No oops, just a reboot. >Thinking this must just have been a wierd coincidence, after the system >came back up, I tried it again, and again it crashed a few seconds afterwards. >It doesn't seem to want to do this again though. When the keyboard is powered up (or plugged in), it goes through a self test, and reports the status back to the PC. Normally, a start up dialogue takes place between the PC and the keyboard at this point. That's fine when you boot your PC, but if you unplug then re-plug the keyboard, the PC will be sent data it's really not expecting, and the BIOS will be very confused. If you ever want to switch a keyboard between PCs, make sure you leave power supplied to it at all times. - 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/