On Sun, 17 Mar 2002 21:55, Matthias Murra wrote:
> Hi Brad,
>
> thanks a lot for your reply!
>
> >Looks like a hardware problem. Why do you think this is a Linux problem?
>
> I don't necessarily think it's a Linux problem, but with the USB tools
> available on Linux, I thought I'd have a better chance of getting to
> the root of the problem. What I am trying to figure out is: Is it the
> keyboard that's just not going to work with this laptop, is the USB
> chip or bus broken, is the BIOS that's somehow not functioning the way it
> should, or what else is keeping this from working? And it seemed to
> work for a little while on Linux, which is the OS that I want to use
> it with.
It isn't possible to tell for sure, but I'd guess a hardware problem with the 
keyboard (since you said the mouse works, presumably with the same port).

> >The contents of /proc/bus/usb/devices, with just the keyboard connected,
> >would confirm this.
>
> See below. I see no keyboard device. Is that what you were expecting to
Is this with _only_ the keyboard connected. Looks like you have a compact 
flash reader connected. Is this built in?

> happen if it was a hardware problem? Does the following line from the
Hardware problems aren't that easy to diagnose, but a device not showing any 
connection is normally something toasted :(

> dmesg output point in that same direction:
>
>   usb.c: unable to get device descriptor (error=-110)
>
> What can I do to find out just what piece of hardware (see above) is
> causing this problem?
This is potentially a timing problem with the kernel. You might be able to 
resolve that by upgrading to a really current kernel (like 2.4.19-pre).



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