linux-kernel - Re: Keyboard stops working after *lock [Was: 2.6.21-rc2-mm1]

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Date:	Fri, 09 Mar 2007 11:31:45 +0100
From:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...l.ru>,
	Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net>
Subject: Re: Keyboard stops working after *lock [Was: 2.6.21-rc2-mm1]

Andrew Morton napsal(a):
> On Sat, 03 Mar 2007 16:54:45 +0100 Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com> wrote:
> 
>>
>> Jiri Slaby napsal(a):
>>> Andrew Morton napsal(a):
>>>> Temporarily at
>>>>
>>>>   http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/2.6.21-rc2-mm1/
>>> Weird behaviour of numlock and capslock on USB keyboard in X. After 
>> Hmm, it's not X related. Console behaves similarly.
>>
>>> pressing
>> Or actually if some script tries to change LEDs (logout).
>>
>>> those keys, keyboard "hangs" -- no sysrq, no lock leds are flashing.
>>>
>>> After plug; unplug of the keyboard, it works unless I press the keys
>>> again.
>>>
>>> There is nothing in dmesg. X log says
>>> (II) evdev brain: Rescanning devices (3).
>>> (II) evdev brain: Rescanning devices (4).
>>> (II) evdev brain: Rescanning devices (5).
>>> (II) evdev brain: Rescanning devices (6).
>>> (II) evdev brain: Rescanning devices (7).
>>> (II) evdev brain: Rescanning devices (8).
>>> (II) evdev brain: Rescanning devices (9).
>>> (II) evdev brain: Rescanning devices (10).
>>> (II) evdev brain: Rescanning devices (11).
>>> (II) evdev brain: Rescanning devices (12).
>>> (II) evdev brain: Rescanning devices (13).
>>> (II) evdev brain: Rescanning devices (14).
>>> in this kernel, but I don't know if this is relevant.
>>>
>>> After booting back to .20-mm2 everything is OK.
> 
> Thanks.  Cc's added.

Remains unsolved in 2.6.21-rc3-mm2.

regards,
-- 
http://www.fi.muni.cz/~xslaby/            Jiri Slaby
faculty of informatics, masaryk university, brno, cz
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