Bug 165944 - USB keyboard randomly stops working on Dell GX280
Summary: USB keyboard randomly stops working on Dell GX280
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 4.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Pete Zaitcev
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-08-15 04:34 UTC by Dominic Duval
Modified: 2012-06-20 16:02 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2012-06-20 16:02:30 UTC
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Description Dominic Duval 2005-08-15 04:34:27 UTC
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Description of problem:
USB keyboards on Dell GX280 machines will randomly and frequently (i.e. once every 4-5 hours of continuous use) stop working. Disconnecting and connecting the keyboard on a difference USB port generally fixes the problem.

Note that the USB keyboard relies on USB modules, as there is no PS/2 emulation on the GX280 (or PS/2 emulation doesn't kick in automaticaly). After verification, no corresponding setting were found in the BIOS to emulate a PS/2 keyboard.

The problem occurs in all runlevels, and seems to indicate a limitation in the ehci-hcd or uhci-hcd drivers.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.6.9-5.EL

How reproducible:
Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot the system normaly using a USB keyboard on a Dell GX280.
2. After a while, the keyboard will stop responding.

  

Additional info:

This is different from bug 165942 filled earlier.

Comment 1 Pete Zaitcev 2005-08-31 01:13:40 UTC
Anything in the dmesg (please capture it with a login over network)?


Comment 3 Jiri Pallich 2012-06-20 16:02:30 UTC
Thank you for submitting this issue for consideration in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The release for which you requested us to review is now End of Life. 
Please See https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/

If you would like Red Hat to re-consider your feature request for an active release, please re-open the request via appropriate support channels and provide additional supporting details about the importance of this issue.


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