Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 02:30:03 -0600 From: Denver Timothy <dlt@mail.freeshell.org> To: f-mobile <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: (short story) dell inspiron 5000e & panic inducing keyboard loss Message-ID: <20010926023002.C518@mail.freeshell.org> In-Reply-To: <200109260755.f8Q7ts765629@harmony.village.org>; from imp@harmony.village.org on Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 01:55:54AM -0600 References: <20010925230216.A32360@moo.holy.cow> <200109260755.f8Q7ts765629@harmony.village.org>
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On Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 01:55:54AM -0600, Warner Losh wrote:
> In message <20010925230216.A32360@moo.holy.cow> parv writes:
> : has anybody experienced a temporary loss of keyboard on a laptop?
> : i did. this is my story (sorry dick wolf).
>
> Yes. Some pccards run at high SPL levels in their probe/attach
> routines that give the appearance of a hang. The an driver, to pick
> on one, does this.
I've had similar experiences. Except not until about two weeks ago.
I can't think of anything I'm doing different.
If I remeber correctly, it always happens, for no apparent reason,
at work while I'm plugged into:
ep0: <3Com Etherlink III 3C589> at port 0x240-0x24f irq 3 slot 1 on pccard1
> : yesterday night while i had been trying to beat my own score of
> : xpuzzletama on my dell i5000e, the keyboard suddenly stopped :
> working.
>
> That's odd.
I have a Dell Inspiron 5000 too. Not the 'e' though.
> : after fiddling w/ windows, i closed the computer & waited for next
> : morning to experiment w/ freebsd... if necessary. and, when i tried in
> : freebsd again, system behaved as if there were no problems... fsck run
> : not withstanding.
>
> Now that's strange...
If I turn mine off, and then immediately back on, I still have the
same problem-- even in the boot manager. I have to turn it off and
pull the A/C and the battery and let it sit for a while.
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