Re: keyboard loss in DF

[Michael Powell <nightrecon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matthew Dillon wrote:
[snip]
> 
>     I'm thinking we broke something, this keyboard problem sounds more
>     widespread then would be usual for a hardware issue.
> 
>     If possible could you try some older kernels?  There are older kernel
>     images (just the kernel, not the whole ISO) available for download.
>     Try going back a month or two and see if the problem is still there,
>     then try going back even further.
> 
>      -Matt
>      Matthew Dillon 
>      <dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

   I had just about enough time before running out the door to work this
morning to try a couple of things. Here is what I've done so far.

I had the dfly-stable-20041009.iso.gz file on hand so I went ahead and
installed it instead of the dfly-20041107-stable.iso.gz. Unable to repeat
the keyboard loss (non-debug kernel).

I had downloaded the two following kernels:

 2CSNAP-20041001-2330-GCC2-GENERIC-kernel.debug.gz
 2CSNAP-20041020-2330-GCC2-GENERIC-kernel.debug.gz

When I boot from either of these, the problem is easily reproduced.

20041001:
DragonFly workstation.zip 1.1-CURRENT DragonFly 1.1-CURRENT #0: Sat Oct  2
00:19:37 GMT 2004    
root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386

20041009 (non-debug):
DragonFly workstation.zip 1.1-CURRENT DragonFly 1.1-CURRENT #0: Sat Oct  9
01:47:25 PDT 2004    
dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386

20041020:
DragonFly workstation.zip 1.1-CURRENT DragonFly 1.1-CURRENT #0: Thu Oct 21
00:17:13 GMT 2004    
root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386

The two 2CSNAP kernels are debug kernels and the 20041009 is not. Maybe the
problem manifests with a debug kernel only. At this stage I can either put
the 20041107 iso build back on, cvsup and try building a non-debug kernel
or look for a repository of non-debug kernels. This morning my time was
limited so I only looked at:

ftp://ftp.theshell.com/pub/DragonFly/snapshots/i386/kernels/

If there is a non-debug kernel repository where I could get a non-debug
version of the 20041107 kernel it would be quicker than downloading all the
source from cvs, as at present I currently have no source code and I'd have
to do so by controlling the box from remote (telnet/ssh). 

If I am unable to reproduce with a newer non-debug it might focus attention
on what is different in the debug kernels that is causing the problem.

-Mike