Re: X and 2.6.5 kernel: update of 2.6.5 kernel locks my laptop

[slaven peles <peles@bellsouth.net>]

On April 30, 2004 06:00 am, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 09:14:58AM +0000, slaven peles wrote:
> > Apr 29 08:25:01 ivor kernel: atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated
> > set 2, code 0x7a on isa0060/serio0).
> > Apr 29 08:25:01 ivor kernel: atkbd.c: This is an XFree86 bug. It
> > shouldn't access hardware directly.
> > Apr 29 08:25:01 ivor kernel: atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated
> > set 2, code 0x7a on isa0060/serio0).
> > Apr 29 08:25:01 ivor kernel: atkbd.c: This is an XFree86 bug. It
> > shouldn't access hardware directly.
>
> On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 10:54:24AM -0500, Diego Enrique Rodriguez wrote:
> > I have same problem look my log in
> > http://uvirtual.ean.edu.co/~derodriguez/kernelprob/XFree86.0.log
>
> On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 03:52:18PM -0400, Josh Metzler wrote:
> > This happens to me, too - Radeon 7000, same kernel.  I filed bug #246587
> > against kernel-image-2.6.5-1-686.
>
> Hi guys,
>
> This should be fixed in the version of XFree86 that entered sid on 29
> April.
>
> xfree86 (4.3.0.dfsg.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
> [...]
>   * Fix AT keyboard rate I/O controls by operating on the actual console
> file descriptor, not on file descriptor zero (thanks, Keith Packard).
> Suppresses warning messages from Linux 2.6.  (Closes: #224909) [...]
>  -- Fabio M. Di Nitto <fabbione@fabbione.net>  Wed, 28 Apr 2004 18:55:17
> +0200

I checked my older logs and this error message showed up before. So this bug 
appears to be benign. It seems that the problem here is that Radeon firmware 
was removed from kernel. In README.Debian.1st file that comes with 
kernel-image package I found this:

Non-free bits removed:
(...)
* R128 firmware:
  . drivers/char/drm/r128_cce.c
* Radeon firmware:
  . drivers/char/drm/radeon_cp.c

No workaround was suggested, and there was no warning about possible 
consequences. Perhaps using kernel modules from Michael Daenzer's repository 
would be a good transitional solution? Alternatively, one can always turn off 
dri.

Cheers,
Slaven