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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