In the hope that somebody can give some suggestion related to a problem already mentioned in the message below, I add the following information.
SETUP: Sarge with kernel 2.6.8 on Toshiba Satellite M30 PROBLEM: while typing (both with X and on console) sometimes the characters stop being displayed, and they reappear after a little way. Very often one character is displayed a bunch of times, as in /wrtiw/ret.sdfkjsbdf.vkmsb................................dkgu;veo8rvcw;er9vcwn'ernw89vcn'p9cw8e'rp9 SYSLOG: When the keyboard has the problem, /var/log/syslog gives reports: Aug 24 07:54:58 localhost kernel: atkbd.c: Keyboard on isa0060/serio0 reports too many keys pressed. Aug 24 07:55:01 localhost last message repeated 3 times KEYBOARD: While cat /proc/bus/input/devices yields I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0001 Product=0001 Version=ab41 N: Name="AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" P: Phys=isa0060/serio0/input0 H: Handlers=kbd event1 B: EV=120003 B: KEY=4 2000000 3802078 f840d001 f2ffffdf ffefffff ffffffff fffffffe B: LED=7 Thanks Alessandro On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 04:16:32PM +0200, Alessandro Ghigi wrote: > Hi. > > I have a Debian SARGE on a Toshiba Satellite M30. > I have a 2.6.7 kernel and various nvidia related debs. > I also installed xfree86-driver-synaptics. > > > I have the following PROBLEMS: > > 1) when I touch the touchpad (not the button) it often does not respond, and I have > to touch again several times with increased strength. > 2) when I type on the keuboard, very often the characters are not recognized (I > guess), they stop being displayed on the terminal. Sometimes they just get displayed > after a while, some other times one of them is repeated for a bunch of times. > > I checked the page of Marco Kraus: > http://www.linuxstuff.de/toshiba-m30/toshiba-m30.htm > and found he also had problem (2), together with suggestions to correct them. He in > fact advises not to install the synaptic driver, and to recompile the kernel after > some changes by hand in some of the .c files of the kernel. He uses a Linux-original > 2.6.8 kernel. > > I wonder if some other (and possibly more standard) way is available now (since > Kraus' page is some 4 months old). Since I am no expert, I would much prefer to > stick to a more Debian-standard approach. > > Thank you very much in advance > > Alessandro Ghigi > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
