Re: Keyboard hang on Lenovo T520
"Kevin Oberman" <[email protected]>
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> Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:41:39 -0400 > From: [email protected] > Sender: [email protected] > > At Fri, 3 Jun 2011 23:18:39 -0700, > Eivind Eklund wrote: > > > > Hi! > > > > I've just tried to install 8.2 amd64 on a newly bought Lenovo T520. This > > hangs during keyboard probe with the last output on a verbose boot being > > > > kbdc: RESET_KBD return code:00fa > > kbdc: RESET_KBD status:00aa > > > > This looks like the same symptoms as in > > http://freebsd.1045724.n5.nabble.com/svn-rev-197392-hangs-during-boot-td3926276.html, > > where Xin Li had a patch to revert the use of x86bios for atkbd. > > > > Does this kind of thing still make sense (ie, should I try to build a new > > install medium with that patch applied)? > > > > If so, is there something I can do to help make this work automatically? > > (I'm out of touch and haven't done much with FreeBSD for a fair number of > > years, so I don't know what's going on development-wise.) > > You could also do what I originally did. Install using a USB > keyboard, build a new kernel with the patch, and go from there. > > Just make sure to turn off the AT (internal) keyboard on boot. > > Best, > George > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" > Unfortunately, I can't find anything in the BIOS setup to turn it off. I can enable or disable the TrackPoint and the TouchPad, but that seems to be all. 'show hint.atkbd.0.disabled' fails, so I suspect it does not exist. I feel like I'm in a bit of a catch-22. Any ideas beyond applying the patch on another system and building a new release and burning it to CD? -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Last work day before retirement is Jun 17, 2011 _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"