Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 29 Apr 2002 11:10:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 29 Apr 2002 11:10:51 -0400 Received: from fmr01.intel.com ([192.55.52.18]:10949 "EHLO hermes.fm.intel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 29 Apr 2002 11:10:51 -0400 Message-ID: <59885C5E3098D511AD690002A5072D3C02AB7DE8@orsmsx111.jf.intel.com> From: "Grover, Andrew" To: "'tomas szepe'" , dmacbanay@softhome.net Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: RE: ACPI in 2.5 kills kbd on Via-ACPI systems [Re: kernel 2.5.10 problems] Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 08:10:43 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > From: tomas szepe [mailto:kala@pinerecords.com] > You're right! I tried to point out before that my system had > ignored the > keyboard since about the time of 2.5.7/2.5.8, but it didn't > occur to me that > the problem could be ACPI related. Indeed, after compiling > 2.5.10-dj1 (2.5.10 > vanilla barfs an oops at me upon boot) w/ ACPI support turned > off, I found > the system perfectly responsive again -- both mouse and keyboard work. > > Thus I dare assume it's highly probable that input support > has been broken > for VIA chipset-based systems by the recent ACPI changes in 2.5.x. Yes, this is an ACPI problem. You might try the latest patch at sf.net/projects/acpi (although it doesn't work in IOAPIC mode yet) and see if that helps. Once we get it working better it'll get submitted. Regards -- Andy - 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/