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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.direct.ca!torn!news.uunet.ca!not-for-mail From: Mike Kerr <mkerr@mail.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Kayboard Reset Problem on Dells Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 05:36:41 -0400 Organization: UUNET Canada News Transport Lines: 27 Message-ID: <337441A9.41C67EA6@mail.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: nuada.kerris.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.7-RELEASE i386) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:40678 Howdy, When I boot my machine (a Dell OptiPlex GS, P166 with the PS2 connectors for the keyboard) I get the following during a probe: May 10 05:22:32 wraith /kernel: scprobe: keyboard RESET failed (result = 0xfe) I have compiled my kernel with option "BROKEN_KEYBOARD_RESET" as listed in the LINT kernel config yet the probe still catches it. Does that matter? Previous to the kernel rebuild with the above option (which I just did a few minutes ago) the keyboard would lock up on me every so often. Usually I could end my X session and get back to the xdm login and it would be fine, but sometimes I'm unable to do that, so end up having to reboot. Is this a problem that should go away with that option, or is it a Dell problem, or is it a ps2 port problem? Incidentally, I am using a serial mouse, not the ps2 mouse port. Any and all help appreciated! Mike. --