Re: new FC2 kernel 2.6.7-1.494.2.2

[Marko Bevc]

ok, my touchpad is working now and speed is back to normal - several
bootups helped...strange:(

but still got this strange messages at bootup in syslog, about unknown
ACPI stuff wich I never got before! andy other suggestions?

Regards,
Marko
> On Wed, 2004.08.04 12:45:18, Brian Fahrlander <brian at fahrlander.net>
> wrote:
>> On Wed, 2004-08-04 at 11:32, Marko Bevc wrote:
>>>  Hi!
>>>
>>>  I've upgraded my FC2 on notebook Dell LATITUDE D800 and when it
>>> boots up
>>>  the usb mouse and keyboard are working VERY slow! and touchpad
>>> stopped
>>>  working:((( any ideas?
>>
>>     I have a deeling it's a kernel issue; I'd stay off of it for a
>> version....here, on long-time kernel-happy hardware, it
>> **IMMEDIATELY**BOOTS*** and so I can't even get to the 'slow' part.
>>
>>     :)
>>
>>     I sure hope other people have noticed something like this.
>
> I am seeing a similar problem - probably due to the bugfix from
> bugzilla 126391 (the bug prevented some mixed scsi-ide systems with
> adaptec controllers from booting at all - and I have 5 of them).
> The bugfix appears to be included in the new kernel since my machines
> can successfully boot with it.  The text about the bugfix says:
>
>>>> <stern at rowland.harvard.edu>
>>>> [PATCH] USB: Fix endianness bug in UHCI driver
>>>>
>>>> This patch fixes a byte-swapping error in the UHCI driver. It has
>>>> been
>>>> present since 2.6.6 and only got tracked down just now! Thanks a
>>>> lot to
>>>> Michel Roelofs for all his help and testing.
>>>>
>>>> This should be pushed through to Linus in time to appear in 2.6.8,
>>>> if
>>>> possible.
>
> While the bugfix fixes my boot problem (I had been holding at kernel
> 2.6.5-1.358), it does seem to introduce a new problem, one connected to
> usb.
>
> In my case, the system can manage while I talk to my ups through a usb
> port; however, if I try to talk to my palm pilot on a usb cradle, the
> system goes to turtle speed.  In particular if I start kpilot daemon,
> the only solution is to reboot the box - even killing the daemon
> doesn't help.
>
> I've also noticed one other "odd" side effect.  I use a ps/2 scroll
> mouse.  With *all* previous releases and kernels, this was never a
> problem. With the new kernel, after a few (undeterminate) minutes, the
> system stops recognizing the scroll wheel on the mouse.  This is fully
> repeatable even after re-installing the kernel and rebuilding the
> [commercial] nvidia driver. (Of course it could be an interaction bug
> between the nvidia driver and the new kernel, but I'm just starting to
> look for this one).
>
> Overall, while the new kernel helps some of us who couldn't run *any*
> of the new kernels, it adds in a new problem which brings the system
> down to turtle speed if usb is used.  (I have a usb keyboard and mouse,
> but they are 'converted' to ps/2 when they go into my kvm switch,
> so I don't see that slowdown at all.)
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Better yet, hope there's an easy solution, and quick... :-)
>
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