Unfortunately, yes, I've tried without APM too. also, I don't have any
programs running that query apm or acpi. Thanks for the suggestion
though.. any others?
john.c
On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, Bernd Schubert wrote:
> Hi,
>
> did you also try to disable apm (so disable acpi and apm) ?
>
> On my thinpad R31 a loop reading of /proc/apm makes mouses and keyboard usage
> almost impossible (it is said that its the fault of the BIOS), perhaps your
> problem is related.
>
> Bernd
>
> On Monday 10 February 2003 09:23, John Clemens wrote:
> > Hi all..
> >
> > I'm having an issue with my laptop.. the same issue i've had for since I
> > baught it.. Under linux the mouse (synaptics touchpad) and/or keyboard
> > will suddenly lock. All input stops. I can telnet in and shutdown
> > cleanly, but that doesn't help recover that I've got on my screen in X (or
> > the console).
> >
> > Hardware: HP n5430 laptop, synaptics touchpad, trident XP graphics,
> > standard low-end laptop.
> >
> > Here's the really odd part. When it happens, if i notice quickly enough
> > and hit the power switch on my laptop for just a split second (not the 5
> > seconds to power off).. it sometimes comes back! It's happened twice
> > while typing this email in pine using a text console (no X, no mouse).
> > But if I wait too long (a few seconds)...no matter how many times i nudge
> > the power switch, it never comes back. Sometimes it's more frequent then
> > others.. sometimes I'll go for days/weeks without seeing it.
> >
> > I've been seeing this since I got the laptop, and I've run almost every
> > 2.4.x (x > ~10) and a lot of 2.5 kernels on here (currently, 2.5.54).
> > The behavior is a little different recently though with the 2.5 series.
> > Now, sometimes when it comes back, i get the character i was typing
> > repeated (as if a key was stuck) until i hit another key. This change
> > could be related to the new i8042 changes in 2.5, I'm not sure.
> >
> > I've tried : APIC, no APIC.
> > ACPI, no ACPI.
> > ALI IRQ router, ACPI IRQ router.
> > psmouse_noext command line arg.
> > powernow-ing the CPU down to 500Mhz (850Mhz duron... heat
> > related?)
> >
> > All to no avial. The only possible reason I can think of that hitting the
> > power button could help is that triggers ACPI, which uses IRQ 9...
> > and I seem to remember something about IRQ 2 (cascade) and IRQ 9 (ACPI)
> > being one in the same, really.. maybe we missed an interrupt somewhere and
> > hitting the power switch forces IRQ 2 to trigger, somehow triggering IRQ
> > 1 (keyboard) as well? It's a stretch and my understanding of PC IRQ
> > logic is sketchy at best.
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas?
> >
> > /proc/interrupts and relevant dmesg output is below the sig..
> > thanks,
> > john.c
> >
> > - --
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> >
> > Linux diana 2.5.54 #14 Sat Jan 4 00:02:14 EST 2003 i686 unknown
> >
> > CPU0
> > 0: 615936502 XT-PIC timer
> > 1: 4574 XT-PIC i8042
> > 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
> > 8: 1 XT-PIC rtc
> > 11: 24012204 XT-PIC eth0
> > 12: 52 XT-PIC i8042
> > 14: 285204 XT-PIC ide0
> > 15: 628739 XT-PIC ide1
> > NMI: 0
> > LOC: 0
> > ERR: 0
> >
> > dmesg:
> > ....
> > ACPI: RSDP (v000 PTLTD ) @ 0x000f7c20
> > ACPI: RSDT (v001 PTLTD RSDT 01540.00000) @ 0x0fffcc46
> > ACPI: FADT (v001 ALI M1533 01540.00000) @ 0x0fffef64
> > ACPI: BOOT (v001 PTLTD $SBFTBL$ 01540.00000) @ 0x0fffefd8
> > ACPI: DSDT (v001 COMPAL 736 01540.00000) @ 0x00000000
> > ACPI: BIOS passes blacklist
> > ACPI: MADT not present
> > Building zonelist for node : 0
> > Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=Linux ro root=305 ide0=ata66
> > psmouse_noext=1 ide_setup: ide0=ata66
> > Local APIC disabled by BIOS -- reenabling.
> > Found and enabled local APIC!
> > Initializing CPU#0
> > Detected 849.376 MHz processor.
> > ....
> > Enabling disabled K7/SSE Support.
> > CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line), D cache 64K (64 bytes/line)
> > CPU: L2 Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line)
> > CPU: After generic, caps: 0383fbff c1c7fbff 00000000 00000000
> > Intel machine check architecture supported.
> > Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0.
> > Machine check exception polling timer started.
> > CPU: AMD mobile AMD Duron(tm) Processor stepping 01
> > ....
> > device class 'input': registering
> > register interface 'mouse' with class 'input'
> > mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
> > register interface 'event' with class 'input'
> > input: PS/2 Generic Mouse on isa0060/serio1
> > serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
> > input: AT Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0
> > serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
> > ....
> >
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