On Tue, 22 Jan 2008, Mitch Bradley wrote: > manually revert to q2d08 (see the instructions on the wiki page for q2d08) > and remove the bootfw.zip from /versions/boot/current/boot (to keep it from > autoupdating right back to d09) and the problem might go away.
thanks, I may do that tomorrow night (unless there is a new firmware build to try :-) this time a switch from X to the console cleared it up. David Lang > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> On Tue, 22 Jan 2008, Mitch Bradley wrote: >> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>>> I'm occasionally seeing an issue with the keyboard in recent builds (no >>>> problem on 682, I've seen problems on everything since). This is a G1G1 >>>> laptop >>>> >>> >>> Are you using Q2D09 firmware? There have been reports of strange keyboard >>> behavior as a result of some EC code changes that first appeared in Q2D09. >> >> I think so (the machine did a firmware upgrade a few upgrades ago, I >> haven't seen it switch back) >> >> IIRC the problem first hit when I tried joyride 1569 >> >> David Lang >> >>> >>>> once in a while they keyboard returns strange characters. q returns a >>>> stylalized w, c returns a character that looks like the alternate >>>> character on the key, etc. >>>> >>>> in a possibly unrelated problem, I've also seen strange behavior from the >>>> gamepad keys, when I press a key (up for example) then press another key >>>> (down for example) the system acts one keystroke behind what I type. I've >>>> only noticed this problem at the same time as the first problem, but I >>>> won't guarentee that they are related. >>>> >>>> the trigger for the problem (and the clearing of the problem) may be >>>> switching to power savings mode, but it is very unpredictable >>>> >>>> I happen to be useing the terminal extensively to run alpine, and so when >>>> I can't compose, delete, or quit it stands out :-) >>>> >>>> for a while I thought this was related to loading the web activity, but I >>>> just experianced a case of this problem after upgrading to build 687, and >>>> the only thing I've run after the upgrade is a single terminal window. >>>> >>>> David Lang >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Devel mailing list >>>> Devel@lists.laptop.org >>>> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel >>>> >>> >>> > > _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
