Re: synaptics: PS/2 touchpad isn't detected if a keyboard key is held down on boot

Andrey Moiseev <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.kernel.input,gmane.linux.kernel,gmane.linux.hotplug.devel
Message-ID <CABWXVkMUFdRKNm76Vc3oJ+Ef9M_MS1xU2TKh=rdyv-t9Cq5V1w@mail.gmail.com>
psmouse module is not loaded when I hold down a key on boot (when
GRUB2 says "loading vmlinuz"), and, in its turn, the PS/2 touchpad
doesn't work. Latest mainline kernel, latest stable one and probably
many older ones. I guess i8042's buffer gets full and that confuses
drivers somehow.

On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 9:22 PM, Andrey Moiseev <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is an ancient bug, I noticed it since I bought my notebook.
> Synaptics PS/2 touchpad is not detected and is not shown in
> /dev/input/event* if I hold a keyboard key down when booting just
> started.
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