On 19:57 Sun 05 Jan , Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 05 ian 14, 08:43:23, Mitchell Laks wrote: > > > > I wanted to see if I can rejuvenate this thread or if should I start a new > > one. > > > > My debian stable (now is sid but no new behavior) ps2 keyboards keep > > maniacally repeating keys. > > > > occasionally it seems almost spontaneous but likely i hit one return and > > it keeps typing return > > until i hit another key then it stops. > > > > when I try with another ps2 keyboard, same problem > > > > no problem with a usb keyboard. > > > > it started when I moved to a new motherboard with 6 core processor. > > > > any ideas? > > Hmm, I remember I had some trouble with the PS/2 keyboard when I > dist-upgraded (to squeeze?) an old box of mine and the fix was some > kernel parameter. Let's see... aha, it was "i8042.nopnp". Can't remember > what it does though.
very interesting I see the following mlaks@Rashi:~$ dmesg|grep i8042 [ 1.220710] i8042: PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:PS2K] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 [ 1.220711] i8042: PNP: PS/2 appears to have AUX port disabled, if this is incorrect please boot with i8042.nopnp [ 1.220830] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 [ 1.239536] input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input0 mlaks@Rashi:~$ > > You might also want to look into BIOS settings and/or upgrades, or using > a USB-to-PS/2 adapter if you want to keep the keyboard. I have already upgraded to teh latest bios. However I can both 1. reboot with the kernel parameter 2. look at the bios setting to see what it means thank you very much Andrei! > > Kind regards, > Andrei I will report back. It costs about the same for a new keyboard or the converter.... :) > -- > http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser > Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic > http://nuvreauspam.ro/gpg-transition.txt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20140105205441.ga11...@earthlink.net
