On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 11:02:05 -0500
John McMonagle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a bunch of older (1999 bios) pcs with the same problem.
> Acted the same with usb keyboard.
> A bios upgrade fixed it. Improved usb support also.
> Experimenting with the settings found that if I tuned on acpi support
> the problem came back.
> So you may want to try turning off acpi in the bios.
>
> John
I have done a BIOS upgrade, that did not work.
I have turned off all the USB stuff in the BIOS, that did not work.
I have tried a USB, a PS/2, and a Serial Mouse, that did not work.
I have turned off the "power management", that did not work. (IIRC that
is ACPI)
I have tried 3 different PS/2 keyboards (one was the old AT keyboard
with a PS/2 adaptor), that did not work.
The only thing that has worked so far was a special XF86Config file,
with:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "IBM Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XKbOptions" ""
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "AutoRepeat" "5000 30"
EndSection
as you can see, the repeat rate is HUGE. Which is not too bad but the
Backspace, Delete, Arrows, and such are annoying to use now.
Also, now that the keyboard response was slow enough, I was finally able
to log in. I found that a "Double Click" now required some CRAZY speed
to register. Many times I would just have to click as fast as I can a
number of times (4,5,6, etc) just to get a response. Not sure if that
is related or not, but since I can not log in without the AutoRepeat
set, I can not isolate this issue yet.
As noted in my first post, the most frustrating thing is that it worked
fine with LTSP 4.1. In fact this was my "gem" terminal for 4.1. I
"just worked" right out of the box.
It is a mostly STOCK IBM Aptiva 2170-175. I have only added memory and
a NIC.
Anyone got some more ideas? (I am going to look for a USB keyboard from
a neighbor and see if that might help.)
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