Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 14 Oct 1999 01:08:26 +0200 | From | Thierry Danis <> | Subject | Re: [2.3.20] cat /dev/psaux freezes machine |
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On Tue, Oct 12, 1999 at 04:52:42PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > "Sean Hunter" <sean@uncarved.co.uk> writes: >
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> > > I suspect that the ps2 driver and/or keyboard driver are buggy here, > > and have been since at least late 2.1 (that's when I first got my > > laptop). > > > > Do you see this behaviour with 2.2 ? > > No, 2.2.x has always worked like a charm in this area. Actually, the > code in drivers/char/pc_keyb.c is pretty much the same, only the wait > queue handling was changed. Perhaps someone missed something when > doing this? >
I do not know if it is relevant, but a friend of mine had a similar problem on a desktop PC (PIII 450, Asus P3BF, kernel 2.2.5-22 or 2.2.10-ac10). Sometimes the machine was crashing (real crash) when the mouse was first moved (with GPM activated), sometimes he was able to launch X (we disabled GPM) and again the system was completely frozen as soon he moved the mouse. Not 100% reproducable, only 80% :-)
Anyway, he bought a Logitech Serial mouse and unplugged his Logitech mouse from psaux port. It is now working fine.
My guess is a broken BIOS on that card.
A+, -- Thierry Danis
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