On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 6:25 AM, Miod Vallat <m...@online.fr> wrote: > > I was running -current (dated some days before Christmas 2010, maybe > 24th) > > on my aspire one A110, and running smooth. > > I decided, having one month passed to upgrade to latest -current, which > is > > now 4.9 (dated 20 Jan). > > [...] > > Built-in keyboard support on the Aspire One is known to be broken, but > this is the first time I hear that it has been working at all at some > point. > > > After installing with success, I can boot -current till the login, but > then > > the keyboard has no effect (mouse works, though). The only working key > > besides mouse buttons is the power key. Being impossible any kind of > > interaction with the machine but for shutting it down, I hereby include a > > dmesg just from bsd.rd: > > Well you could use an usb keyboard... > > > Just for the records, the keyboard behaviour under linux is perfect. > > What might this be? Some regression? > > It is not a regression. The keyboard controller emulation in this > machine makes the pkcbc driver extremely unhappy. > > Mios >
Dear Mios, using an external keyboard would completely defeat any reason for a netbook to exist... even if this is a good remedy against temporary problems like this... :))) Considering you said it's no regression (I assume the keyb controller emulation hasn't been changed lately) I tried the hardware way and opened the machine, detached keyboard, spayed contacts with antioxydant and closed the whole thing. It looks like working at the moment, I hope the problem is closed. Anyway, yes, keyboard support for aspire one has always worked for me ;))) (but can't say before 4.8, I got my hands on this box only recently) Anyway, thanks.
