Re: Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down
On 19:57 Sun 05 Jan , Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Du, 05 ian 14, 08:43:23, Mitchell Laks wrote:
> >
> > I wanted to see if I can rejuvenate this thread or if should I start a new one.
> >
> > My debian stable (now is sid but no new behavior) ps2 keyboards keep maniacally repeating keys.
> >
> > occasionally it seems almost spontaneous but likely i hit one return and it keeps typing return
> > until i hit another key then it stops.
> >
> > when I try with another ps2 keyboard, same problem
> >
> > no problem with a usb keyboard.
> >
> > it started when I moved to a new motherboard with 6 core processor.
> >
> > any ideas?
>
> Hmm, I remember I had some trouble with the PS/2 keyboard when I
> dist-upgraded (to squeeze?) an old box of mine and the fix was some
> kernel parameter. Let's see... aha, it was "i8042.nopnp". Can't remember
> what it does though.
very interesting I see the following
mlaks@Rashi:~$ dmesg|grep i8042
[ 1.220710] i8042: PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:PS2K] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
[ 1.220711] i8042: PNP: PS/2 appears to have AUX port disabled, if this is incorrect please boot with i8042.nopnp
[ 1.220830] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
[ 1.239536] input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input0
mlaks@Rashi:~$
>
> You might also want to look into BIOS settings and/or upgrades, or using
> a USB-to-PS/2 adapter if you want to keep the keyboard.
I have already upgraded to teh latest bios. However I can
both
1. reboot with the kernel parameter
2. look at the bios setting to see what it means
thank you very much Andrei!
>
> Kind regards,
> Andrei
I will report back.
It costs about the same for a new keyboard or the converter....
:)
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