2.6.8r8 udev = no keyboard in prompt [fixed, kinda]

lin00b · n00b Joined: 26 Aug 2003 Posts: 15

ok, i'm stumped. i have switched to kernel 2.6.8r8 and pure udev. every thing boots fine, but there is no response from my normal ps/2 keyboard. it works right up to grub. it also worked on live cd and an old 2.4.20 with devfs i have lying around.
i'm thinking its a kernel misconfig, but there isnt an option in menuconfig relating to ps/2 keyboard. and my .config shows CONFIG_KEYBOARD=y and CONFIG_ATKBD=y
please help.
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dsd · Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 8:59 am Post subject:

got a usb keyboard lying around? can you run a ssh server then login remotely over your network? its quite hard to debug these problems when you can't type..

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lin00b · n00b Joined: 26 Aug 2003 Posts: 15

no and no.
and you have summed up my pain
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dsd · Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 1:26 pm Post subject:

could you please try 2.6.9-rc4 ? it would at least be comforting to know that the issue wont be there in the 2.6.9 release of gentoo-dev-sources ..
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dsd · Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 1:31 pm Post subject:

oh. are you using any usb devices? what happens if you unplug them all before bootup, or disable USB support in the kernel?
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dsd · Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 2:05 pm Post subject:

sorry to be throwing all these requests at you, i'm rushing around trying to fix all kernel issues for the 2004.3 livecd :/

dont worry too much about trying messing around with USB or trying 2.6.9-rc, but i'd really appreciate it if you could apply this patch and then recompile kernel and try again:

http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/patch@1.1803.61.40?nav=cset@1.1803.61.40
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jonprime · n00b Joined: 10 Oct 2004 Posts: 7

I recently did a phase 1 install on my box (box was currently running gentoo) and have the same problem. USB keyboard does not work. Tried 2.6.8 and 2.6.9-rc, haven't tried running the suggested patch. Have never manually patched my kernel would you mind giving me (more) instructions?

dsd · Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 11:33 pm Post subject:

don't worry, that patch is merged into 2.6.9-rc so it obviously doesnt solve the bug

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lin00b · n00b Joined: 26 Aug 2003 Posts: 15

well, kinda tried all the suggestions, but problem remains.

i was stumped, until i tried to test my mouse using cat /dev/input/mice. it froze my system. then i tried unplugging my ps2 mice, and my keyboard works again.

so what do i do, i went out an bought a usb mouse and solved my problem.

thanks for all your help though

now i just have to figure out whether its my ps2 mouse thats broken, or whether its my ps2 port in my mobo thats broken

but the mystery remains in why the keyboard works in 2.4.20 but not in 2.6.8
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