Re: wistron_btns

Hi,

On 27/02/2016 08:58, Noel Butler wrote:
> So, today I thought I'd alter my old laptop that was running opensuse
> fine and install slackware current (32bit 512mb ram - but hey, it is 13
> years old, and it runs my DJ'ing software "mixxx" perfectly)...
>
> Everything went great, apart from having to forcepae for install disk to
> get to setup :)
>
> 20 mins later all done, reboot to run... thats where the fun times
> ended, the screeen sits there constantly emitting wistron_btns unknown
> key code 10, after half an hour I had to hard kill pwr - not good idea
> but only way to recover, seems huge.s doesnt use pae, tried it, same
> thing...
>
> Anyone have suggestions on how to get slack to ignore this mess? or must
> I downgrade back to my opensuse backup?
>
> Does 14.1 have the same madness?

It's not Slackware but kernel related, so probably yes.

Google quickly told me there have been bugs filed: wistron_btns fails
on PAE kernels at least with some kernel versions.

So the easiest workaround is to blacklist bistron-btns (modularized in
all Slackware kernels, fortunately).

You'll have to append this to your kernel command line the first time
you boot: modprobe.blacklist=bistron-btns

If this doesn't work you'll need to install a non-SMP kernel (huge.s).

Also, unless you be in a hurry, you could wait for the release of
Slackware 14.2 before completing the installation to avoid updating your
system often, but that's just my humble and non requested opinion.

Didier