On Sat, 2007.12.01 20:33, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 09:32:52PM -0600, Owen Heisler wrote: > > Sometimes, when I type in the console, about 40% of the keystrokes are ignored. > > If I type (for example) "startx" and hit enter, I'll see "sart" or somesuch and > > the command fails. In that same case, typing "sttartxx" and enter probably > > would have worked, with "startx" being run. The enter key is also affected, so > > maybe I'd have had to hit it twice. This is frustrating, obviously. This > > - does not seem to be related to system temperature, > > - does not happen in X, > > - doesn't seem to be happening consistently, > > - and affects logging in (username & password) too. > > > > This is on a new ThinkPad running Debian Lenny/Sid amd64. I thought this > > problem could be hardware-related, so I ran the hardware tests available on the > > Rescue & Recovery disc included with the laptop. Two tests failed: > > System Board: USB Port Test - Abnormal Exit > > SMBIOS: Standards Test - Failed > > but they don't seem related to the problem. > > Try booting with init=/bin/sh on the kernel command line. > Did you have the problem on grub's command line? > > This avoids all daemons. You don't get a login but you do get a command > line (with / mount ro). See if the problem persists. > > Then try booting the single-user mode. dbus (if it is a problem) is run > in runlevel2. dbus is the problem. After booting up, 2-3 dbus processes are listed: 1-2 "dbus-daemon" and a "dbus-launch". Killing "dbus-launch" fixes the problem and makes one "dbus-daemon" disappear. > Do you get the problem if you ssh into the box from another box? What > about a serial console? Not with ssh; I don't know about with a serial console. > How did you determine that the hardware errors reported don't seem to be > related to the problem? Get the service manual from IBM's website and > see what it says to do to fix the problem. Do the diags give you any > FRU (Field-Replacable Unit) numbers? I don't know whether the hardware errors are related, but I'm beginning to not trust the PCDoctor software included on the ThinkPad Rescue & Recovery media. It doesn't include any more information than what is in this message (unless I'm missing something). Linux isn't complaining about any hardware and everything seems to work. > Do you have the problems with any other OS? I find it handy to have an > OpenBSD install floppy (and CD) available for other-OS testing. I don't have this problem with GRML. Thanks
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