Hi nigra, I have been googling a lot to find out the root cause of my problem but I only found some workaround. I noticed that the problem does not impact all HT pentium processors (few threads on the same subject, few solutions or workarounds) and maybe Intel delivered a serie of bugged HT processors that do not work properly with the standard 686-smp linux kernels...
Anyway we have the same problem. We have two workarounds: a) playing with numlock key during kernel boot (not user friendly). b) disabling the HT features in the bios (a shame). Other hints found in the web somewhere: 1) use a wifi usb keyboard. 2) disable the ACPI feature in the bios (in my situation, I cannot toggle off this parameter in my bios, thanks to HP). I currently run a 686 non-smp kernel because I switched off the HT feature in the bios and the performances are pretty good, but not as good as if I had a HT CPU... If someone has a solution... Cheers, Sam -- Keyboard non-responsive when using kernel 2.6.12 (breezy) https://launchpad.net/bugs/20062 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
