[gentoo-user] Re: [asking again] keyboard/mouse woes on 2.6 kernel

[Moshe Kaminsky]

Hi,

I don't really know what's going on. Just wanted to suggest some things:
1. I don't think it has anything to do with the 'Unknown key' messages. 
   This simply means that there are some funny keys on the keyboard that 
   the kernel doesn't recognize. You can check it with the showkey(1) 
   program (but under X)

2. Does it happen also when X is not running, or only under X?

3. Maybe you should try recompiling the kernel, and see if there are any 
   options specific to your keyboard (in menuconfig, you can search for 
   a string by pressing /). Maybe you should grep the kernel docs 
   (/usr/src/linux/Documentation) for your keyboard name.

Sorry I can't help more,
Moshe


* Ben Munat <bent@×××××.com> [18/08/05 06:20]:
>
> Really hoping someone has some idea on this... haven't found any solid
> answers on the web...
>
> b
>
> ----------- original message -----------------
>
> Hello,
>
> I recently did a fresh install of 2005.0 on a AMD thunderbird-based machine.
> I wasn't in
> the mood for kernel configuring, so I just let genkernel do it's thing,
> installing a 2.6
> kernel.
>
> Things mostly went fine, however my keyboard and/or mouse keep going
> berserk... they just
> stop working half the time. I share the same keyboard with a windows machine,
> and it works
> fine (I'm typing this email with it).
>
> Last week, I noticed a lot of entries in the logs like this:
>
> Aug 16 22:33:53 venus atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code
> 0xe0 on
> isa0060/serio0).
> Aug 16 22:33:53 venus atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e060 <keycode>' to make it
> known.
> Aug 16 22:40:18 venus atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code
> 0x8e on
> isa0060/serio0).
> Aug 16 22:40:18 venus atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e00e <keycode>' to make it
> known.
>
> I found a thread on the forums where the poster went ahead and set the
> keycodes as
> indicated... for all of them. So, last week, I took the log and cut and paste
> it together
> to make a script that set all of them... at least until last night. It
> started printing
> these lines again, and I lost the mouse and the keyboard. Restarted X and it
> was okay for
> a few minutes, but then it freaked out again and then I couldn't type
> anything
> at the command line even after killing X.
>
> Oh, I also managed to find the mouse and keyboard boot info from my logs:
>
> Aug  9 20:28:35 venus input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0
> Aug  9 20:28:35 venus input: ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse on
> isa0060/serio1
>
> So, if anyone has any ideas or can point me in any direction at all, that
> would be great.
>
> Ben
>
> PS: I also found the following stuff in my logs starting at the time when I
> lost control
> of the keyboard and mouse; there's this MTRR stuff and then hundreds of lines
> with the
> call trace stuff:
>
> Aug 16 22:46:31 venus mtrr: no MTRR for cd800000,800000 found
> Aug 16 22:46:31 venus mtrr: no MTRR for cc000000,1000000 found
> Aug 16 22:46:31 venus mtrr: no MTRR for cd000000,800000 found
> Aug 16 22:46:38 venus mtrr: no MTRR for cc000000,1000000 found
> Aug 16 22:46:38 venus mtrr: no MTRR for cd000000,800000 found
> Aug 16 22:46:56 venus mtrr: no MTRR for cd800000,800000 found
> Aug 16 22:46:56 venus mtrr: no MTRR for cc000000,1000000 found
> Aug 16 22:46:56 venus mtrr: no MTRR for cd000000,800000 found
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus sibling
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus task             PC      pid father child younger older
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus init          S 00000000     0     1      0     2
>         (NOTLB)
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus dfe3fecc 00000082 000000d0 00000000 c01313c2 c0131656
> c039f200 c039eb00
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus 00000001 00000000 c14053e0 00000000 0000082a 534ee15d
> 0001d93f c0399bc0
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus c1527a20 c1527b44 1f056d90 00000000 1f056d90 dfe3fed4
> 00000000 00000800
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus Call Trace:
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus [<c01313c2>]
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus [<c0131656>]
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus [<c033580f>]
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus [<c011ca6e>]
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus [<c01554f3>]
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus [<c0155127>]
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus [<c01557bf>]
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus [<c0102649>]
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus migration/0   S C0399960     0     2      1
> 3       (L-TLB)
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus c1541fac 00000046 c1527b44 c0399960 dfe3fec4 c1527020
> c1541fc4 c0334ffa
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus 00000000 c0405640 c14053e0 00000000 0000059d 207d3479
> 0000000e c1527020
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus c1527520 c1527644 00002648 207cf161 c1405d20 c14053e0
> c1540000 c1541fc0
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus Call Trace:
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus [<c0334ffa>]
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus [<c0112759>]
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus [<c01126cf>]
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus [<c012588b>]
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus [<c012580f>]
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus [<c0100cf9>]
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus ksoftirqd/0   S DF8A6090     0     3      1
> 4     2 (L-TLB)
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus c1543fb4 00000046 dffdfa40 df8a6090 dffdfa40 00000000
> c1405d40 c14053e0
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus 00000000 00000247 c14053e0 00000000 0000006e 018b730b
> 0001d93c c0399bc0
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus c1527020 c1527144 c1542000 00000000 c03fa380 c1542000
> 00000000 c0119771
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus Call Trace:
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus [<c0119771>]
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus [<c01197ba>]
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus [<c012588b>]
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus [<c012580f>]
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus [<c0100cf9>]
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus events/0      R running     0     4      1
> 5     3 (L-TLB)
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus khelper       S C01118A4     0     5      1
> 6     4 (L-TLB)
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus c154bf5c 00000046 c154bf30 c01118a4 d84a45e0 dfe0aa40
> c1511824 dfe0aa40
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus 00000000 c1405d40 c14053e0 00000000 00000156 0c3532c5
> 0001d92f dfe0aa40
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus dffdf540 dffdf664 00000000 00000246 d2e6fdec c151180c
> 00000246 c1511800
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus Call Trace:
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus [<c01118a4>]
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus [<c0122290>]
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus [<c0121f8d>]
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus [<c0111863>]
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus [<c0111863>]
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus [<c01221c0>]
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus [<c012588b>]
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus [<c012580f>]
> Aug 16 22:48:08 venus [<c0100cf9>]
>
> etc....
>
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