Bug#576918: Keyboard disabled: atkbd.c: Spurious ACK on isa0060/serio0 ...

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

ael wrote:

> With Linux 2.6.32-trunk-686 & Linux 2.6.32-3-686, at least, on this Aspire One
> Netbook, the system frequently boots into a state in which the keyboard does
> not respond. The mouse (Synaptics touchpad) is still active, and as far as I can
> tell everything else is working. My only recourse is to hit the reset button.
>
> So this is nondeterministic, and so probably some sort of race? I *think* that 
> it happens more frequently if I happen to touch the ps/2 touchpad during boot, but
> it definitely does still happen when I keep my hands well away during boot.

Hey, neat.  What's the newest kernel you've tried?  Please attach full
"dmesg" output from a good boot and a bad boot, even though as you
mentioned there might not be any significant difference between them.

Sorry for the long quiet.

Sincerely,
Jonathan