[ltp] T23 Keyboard failure with SuSE

[Ron Joffe]

Kevin,


I have seen something similar on my Thinkpad (A31p). But my problem only 
occurs once in a blue moon. It sounds like the same problem. The keyboard 
works in the lilo (or Grub) boot screen but not after the kernel has booted.

It seems that plugging in a USB device (like a mouse) seems to fix my problem. 
That would imply something with the USB subsystem. 

Let me know if plugging in a mouse seems to fix the issue or not.

Ron




On Monday 28 April 2003 07:21 am, Kevin White wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I'm at the end of my tether trying to get SuSE working on my T23. I've
> bought and tried every SuSE from 7.0 to 8.1 and each has suffered the
> same fate.
> They all install correctly, but suffer from random keyboard failures
> when booting. This occurs approximately 80% of the time, making it next
> to useless. However
> on the occasions where it does boot correctly, it works fine until the
> next boot. SuSE boots all the way through to the graphical login, but
> the keyobard then fails
> to respond when typing in the username or password, the mouse and other
> operations still work fine.
>
> I've attempted to boot in text mode, but that suffers the same fate.
> I've unplugged all external devices, but thats made no difference. I've
> tried using the "safe mode", but that doesn't solve the problem either.
> SuSE support have given me numerous boot options to try, none of which
> have worked and their latest advice is that i should buy a new laptop!
>
> The obvious answer would be a hardware problem of some sort. However
> Windows XP and Mandrake both work without problem, its a SuSE specific
> problem. Unfortunately my employers use SuSE, so i need to try and get
> it working on this laptop. Whats particularly galling is i picked this
> model solely because it had certified by Linux Care as working with SuSE
> since 7.1
>
> The specifics are that its a standard T23, model 2647-AG0, has the
> latest BIOS and currently uses the boot options :
>
> ide=nodma , apm=off , acpi=off , pci=acpi
>
> Any pointers as to the problem and its cause would be most gratefully
> received.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Kevin White

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