linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.24-git15 Keyboard Issue?

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0802061452210.30873@twin.jikos.cz>
Date:	Wed, 6 Feb 2008 14:54:21 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jikos@...os.cz>
To:	Chris Holvenstot <cholvenstot@...cast.net>
cc:	Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.24-git15 Keyboard Issue?

On Wed, 6 Feb 2008, Chris Holvenstot wrote:

> On this system I am using a PS2 Keyboard - and let me stress that it is 
> only occasionaly that it happens - I have had 2.6.24-git15 up for about 
> 2 hours now and have only seen it about a dozen times. I also note one 
> other thing - although my system is lightly loaded - at this time of day 
> I am pretty much just using email on an AMD 64 X2 4600+ with 2 gigs of 
> of memory - I have noticed several times that I will be typing away and 
> nothing is appearing on the screen - and a few seconds later - boom - 
> there it all is.

It could be some timing problem. Does this happen also in console, or 
only when running X?

Could you please try to

- boot with 'nohpet' kernel parameter
- taskset -p 0x00000002 <pid_of_Xserver> if this is a multi-CPU/core 
  machine and you are experiencing the problems only in X

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
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