manually revert to q2d08 (see the instructions on the wiki page for q2d08) and remove the bootfw.zip from /versions/boot/current/boot (to keep it from autoupdating right back to d09) and the problem might go away.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tue, 22 Jan 2008, Mitch Bradley wrote: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> I'm occasionally seeing an issue with the keyboard in recent builds >>> (no problem on 682, I've seen problems on everything since). This is >>> a G1G1 laptop >>> >> >> Are you using Q2D09 firmware? There have been reports of strange >> keyboard behavior as a result of some EC code changes that first >> appeared in Q2D09. > > I think so (the machine did a firmware upgrade a few upgrades ago, I > haven't seen it switch back) > > IIRC the problem first hit when I tried joyride 1569 > > David Lang > >> >>> once in a while they keyboard returns strange characters. q returns >>> a stylalized w, c returns a character that looks like the alternate >>> character on the key, etc. >>> >>> in a possibly unrelated problem, I've also seen strange behavior >>> from the gamepad keys, when I press a key (up for example) then >>> press another key (down for example) the system acts one keystroke >>> behind what I type. I've only noticed this problem at the same time >>> as the first problem, but I won't guarentee that they are related. >>> >>> the trigger for the problem (and the clearing of the problem) may be >>> switching to power savings mode, but it is very unpredictable >>> >>> I happen to be useing the terminal extensively to run alpine, and so >>> when I can't compose, delete, or quit it stands out :-) >>> >>> for a while I thought this was related to loading the web activity, >>> but I just experianced a case of this problem after upgrading to >>> build 687, and the only thing I've run after the upgrade is a single >>> terminal window. >>> >>> David Lang >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Devel mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
