Re: [arch-general] PS/2 Hand Scanner Problems

[Sean Snell]

Sorry for not reporting back sooner... You were correct, plugging in a PS/2
keyboard "through" the barcode scanner fixed the issue, and all is working
now.

Thanks again for the pointer!

Sean

On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 8:01 PM, Guus Snijders  wrote:

> Op 7 aug. 2015 22:41 schreef "Sean Snell" :
> >
> > Excellent suggestion, however it appears that I do not have any PS/2
> > keyboards in my stock, so I'll have to grab one from my personal stash
> when
> > I go home tonight.
> >
> > I'll report back tomorrow!
>
> Any results?
>
> Mvg, Guus
>



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Re: [arch-general] PS/2 Hand Scanner Problems

[Sean Snell]

Excellent suggestion, however it appears that I do not have any PS/2
keyboards in my stock, so I'll have to grab one from my personal stash when
I go home tonight.

I'll report back tomorrow!

Thanks,
Sean

On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 12:30 PM, Guus Snijders  wrote:

> Op 7 aug. 2015 16:40 schreef "Sean Snell" :
> >
> > Hey everybody!
> >
> > I'm dealing with what I believe is a kernel issue, but I'm still learning
> > so please bear with me.
> >
> [...]
> > The problem: I have a PS/2 hand scanner that works perfectly as a HID in
> > Windows, verified working on the untouched terminals still using the "old
> > system", but under Arch it's acting as if it's detected but it doesn't
> give
> > it's scanned data to any apps. The USB CC reader is working fine, as is
> the
> > receipt printer.
>
> A bit of a guess, but do you also have a ps/2 keyboard connected?
>
> I've had exactly the same problem on a Windows pc (also a t5730), scanner
> appeared to work, but only once.
> After I connected a ps/2 keyboard (and a reboot, the scanner worked.
>
> I wouldn't be surprised if Linux acted the same here.
>
> Mvg, Guus
>



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[arch-general] PS/2 Hand Scanner Problems

[Sean Snell]

Hey everybody!

I'm dealing with what I believe is a kernel issue, but I'm still learning
so please bear with me.

I've used Arch for the better part of 2+ years, and it's taught me more
about Linux and the way it works more than any other distro to date. That
being said, I'm not a complete n00b, but please deal with me as I'll
probably have moments that'll need clarification.

The goal: To get a number of our aging HP t5730 terminals, used as POS
terminals, relevant again using our existing hardware to extend their
usability. So far tentative testing has shown this a feasible option so
long as I can get all hardware working as expected.

The problem: I have a PS/2 hand scanner that works perfectly as a HID in
Windows, verified working on the untouched terminals still using the "old
system", but under Arch it's acting as if it's detected but it doesn't give
it's scanned data to any apps. The USB CC reader is working fine, as is the
receipt printer.

The symptoms:

dmesg -t | grep '^i8042'

...returns the following output:

i8042: PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:PS2K] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
i8042: PNP: PS/2 appears to have AUX port disabled, if this is
incorrect please boot with i8042.nopnp

The hand scanner is "working" in the sense that I can push the button, the
scanner lights up, and * beeps * when I scan a barcode. However, that's all
it does. It does not pass that data onto to any simple applications such as
mousepad, or even the terminal.

What I've tried:

   1.

   Yes, I've read this, but as the controller appears to be detected, this
   doesn't appear as relevant detail to me. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
   

   [1]
   2.

   I found this post, and I attempted the user's Grub entries, but those
   didn't help. I've undone those changes and I'm currently back at "square
   one". I know how to work with Grub, so I know I didn't make simple mistakes
   here; when applied, these entries caused the grep command to inform me that
   PNP was disabled, still made no positive impact.
   [2]

Other Observations: I've tried a number of live- distros, and the
surprising thing is that other, older distros (Such as DSL, kernel 2.x)
work just fine without any tinkering at all. Further reading online
suggests that this is because of the kernel version. It seems that one of
the 3.x kernel updates seems to have dropped some PS/2 support. This also
proves to me that this *should* be able to work, I just can't figure out
the proper ways of troubleshooting this problem based on this observation.

I'm at work all day dealing with this project, so I'll be online most of
the day. Thank you so much ahead of time for any help that you can give me!

:)

Re: [arch-general] Problem with Wifi Connections (Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG Connection)

[Sean Snell]

Thank you for the replies; I'll be back on the project within the next 2-3
hours, and I'll report back on your suggestions.

Sean


On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 9:31 AM, Zack Gold  wrote:

> Hi Sean,
>
> I have been having issues connecting to a WiFi network on my laptop
> lately as well, here's what I did to resolve the issue, which might
> help in your case too.
>
> I was having problems with netctl because it apparently is trying to
> use dhcpcd in the wrong way, or is trying to take on the role that
> dhcpcd plays. Maybe someone can correct me if I'm misinterpreting the
> issue at hand. The way I resolved this issue was to revert back to
> netctl-1.4-2, run `ip link set wlan0 down' (wlan0 is my wireless
> interface), and then run `netctl enable wlan0-network' (wlan0-network
> is my netctl profile).
>
> Hopefully this helps,
> Zack Gold
>
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 3:57 AM, Maximilian Bräutigam  wrote:
> > Am 16.04.2014 17:27, schrieb Sean Snell:
> >> Hi everybody,
> >> First, this is on a Lenovo X61 laptop. This is a fresh installation on a
> >> new SSD hard drive I recently purchased. I already have a 500GB hard
> drive
> >> with Arch and Windows dual booting on it, and the Wifi still works just
> >> fine from the old installation when I reinstalled the old hard drive for
> >> testing, but for the life of me I cannot get wifi-menu to connect to any
> >> wifi connections on this new installation.
> >>
> >> The card is a Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG. Per the wireless
> >> wiki<
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_network_configuration#iwlegacy
> >,
> >> I've installed linux-firmware so I can use the iwlegacy (driver?). With
> the
> >> help of a friend, we feel the modules are loading correctly, but when we
> >> try to actually connect using wifi-menu, journalctl -xn says the
> following:
> >>
> >> \\\
> >> - Unit netctl@wls3\x2dNEOPCS\x2dSecured.service has begun starting up.
> >> Starting network profile 'wls3-NEOPCS-Secured'...
> >> The interface of network profile 'wls3-NEOPCS-Secured' is already up
> >> netctl@wls3\x2dNEOPCS\x2dSecured.service: main process exited,
> code=exited,
> >> status=1/FAILURE
> >> \
> >>
> >>
> >> What I've installed in relation to the Wifi:
> >> - wpa_supplicant (per the initial insistence of wifi-menu "out of the
> box"
> >> - linux-firmware (per the
> >> wiki<
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_network_configuration#iwlegacy
> >
> >> )
> >>
> >> Output of lspci | grep "Intel":
> >> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory
> >> Controller Hub (rev 0c)
> >> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960
> >> Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) (rev 0c)
> >> 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960
> Integrated
> >> Graphics Controller (secondary) (rev 0c)
> >> 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82566MM Gigabit Network
> >> Connection (rev 03)
> >> 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
> >> Controller #4 (rev 03)
> >> 00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
> >> Controller #5 (rev 03)
> >> 00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI
> >> Controller #2 (rev 03)
> >> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio
> >> Controller (rev 03)
> >> 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express
> Port
> >> 1 (rev 03)
> >> 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express
> Port
> >> 2 (rev 03)
> >> 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
> >> Controller #1 (rev 03)
> >> 00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
> >> Controller #2 (rev 03)
> >> 00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI
> >> Controller #1 (rev 03)
> >> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
> >> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M-E) LPC Interface
> >> Controller (rev 03)
> >> 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E)
> SATA
> >> Controller [IDE mode] (rev 03)
> >> 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 8280

[arch-general] Problem with Wifi Connections (Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG Connection)

[Sean Snell]

Hi everybody,
First, this is on a Lenovo X61 laptop. This is a fresh installation on a
new SSD hard drive I recently purchased. I already have a 500GB hard drive
with Arch and Windows dual booting on it, and the Wifi still works just
fine from the old installation when I reinstalled the old hard drive for
testing, but for the life of me I cannot get wifi-menu to connect to any
wifi connections on this new installation.

The card is a Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG. Per the wireless
wiki,
I've installed linux-firmware so I can use the iwlegacy (driver?). With the
help of a friend, we feel the modules are loading correctly, but when we
try to actually connect using wifi-menu, journalctl -xn says the following:

\\\
- Unit netctl@wls3\x2dNEOPCS\x2dSecured.service has begun starting up.
Starting network profile 'wls3-NEOPCS-Secured'...
The interface of network profile 'wls3-NEOPCS-Secured' is already up
netctl@wls3\x2dNEOPCS\x2dSecured.service: main process exited, code=exited,
status=1/FAILURE
\


What I've installed in relation to the Wifi:
- wpa_supplicant (per the initial insistence of wifi-menu "out of the box"
- linux-firmware (per the
wiki
)

Output of lspci | grep "Intel":
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory
Controller Hub (rev 0c)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960
Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) (rev 0c)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated
Graphics Controller (secondary) (rev 0c)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82566MM Gigabit Network
Connection (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI
Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio
Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port
1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port
2 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI
Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M-E) LPC Interface
Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA
Controller [IDE mode] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev
03)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN
[Kedron] Network Connection (rev 61)

Output of lsmod | grep -h "iw":
iwl4965 90075 0
iwlegacy 49001 1 iwl4965
mac80211 490609 2 iwl4965,iwlegacy
cfg80211 431038 3 iwl4965,iwlegacy,mac80211
led_class 3547 3 sdhci,iwlegacy,thinkpad_acpi


Can anybody help clue me into what I might be overlooking? I've run out of
ideas of what else to look into, and while I'm still "getting my feet wet"
with Linux, being a Windows admin by profession, I'm not afraid to dig
deeper with a little help! :)

Thanks everybody!
Sean