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Title: Keyboard becomes all but unusable after Precise runs for so long Status in The Linux Kernel: Confirmed Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: At random lenghts of runtime, after booting Precise on my Alienware M15x, the keyboard goes completely wonky. The symptoms for this are varied. Usually, they involve what seems like a hung keypress, so, for example, if I press Alt-Tab to switch windows, and release the Tab, as long as I have Alt pressed the switcher rapidly scrolls through open windows unstopped. Or, if I press and hold the space bar, the system continuously spits out spaces. OR, if I scroll a web page using the up or down arrows (or try navigating large files using less in a terminal window) the arrow key appears to become stuck until I press a different arrow key. Another symptom is that keys stop responding on the first press. I may have to type each key twice to get the letter to appear in whatever I am typing in. Logwise, I consistently see atkbd error messages flooding syslog like this: Apr 17 08:17:02 klaatu CRON[20974]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly) Apr 17 09:17:01 klaatu CRON[21071]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly) Apr 17 10:17:01 klaatu CRON[22610]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly) Apr 17 10:55:33 klaatu kernel: [84813.139562] atkbd serio0: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0xe0 on isa0060/serio0). Apr 17 10:55:33 klaatu kernel: [84813.139571] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes e060 <keycode>' to make it known. Apr 17 10:55:58 klaatu kernel: [84838.402852] atkbd serio0: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0xe0 on isa0060/serio0). Apr 17 10:55:58 klaatu kernel: [84838.402861] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes e060 <keycode>' to make it known. Apr 17 11:02:50 klaatu kernel: [85249.681077] atkbd serio0: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0xe0 on isa0060/serio0). Apr 17 11:02:50 klaatu kernel: [85249.681086] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes e060 <keycode>' to make it known. Apr 17 11:15:27 klaatu kernel: [86005.742967] atkbd serio0: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0xe0 on isa0060/serio0). Apr 17 11:15:27 klaatu kernel: [86005.742976] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes e060 <keycode>' to make it known. Apr 17 11:17:01 klaatu CRON[23088]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly) Apr 17 11:39:18 klaatu kernel: [87435.419939] input: AT Raw Set 2 keyboard as /devices/platform/i8042/serio2/input/input19 Apr 17 11:39:18 klaatu kernel: [87435.432907] atkbd serio2: Unknown key pressed (raw set 2, code 0x18 on isa0060/serio2). Apr 17 11:39:18 klaatu kernel: [87435.432915] atkbd serio2: Use 'setkeycodes 18 <keycode>' to make it known. Apr 17 11:39:18 klaatu kernel: [87435.437285] atkbd serio2: Unknown key pressed (raw set 2, code 0x0 on isa0060/serio2). Apr 17 11:39:18 klaatu kernel: [87435.437293] atkbd serio2: Use 'setkeycodes 00 <keycode>' to make it known. Apr 17 11:39:18 klaatu kernel: [87435.456454] atkbd serio2: Unknown key pressed (raw set 2, code 0x8 on isa0060/serio2). Apr 17 11:39:18 klaatu kernel: [87435.456461] atkbd serio2: Use 'setkeycodes 08 <keycode>' to make it known. Apr 17 11:39:18 klaatu kernel: [87435.458832] atkbd serio2: Unknown key pressed (raw set 2, code 0x0 on isa0060/serio2). Apr 17 11:39:18 klaatu kernel: [87435.458840] atkbd serio2: Use 'setkeycodes 00 <keycode>' to make it known. Apr 17 11:39:18 klaatu kernel: [87435.481099] atkbd serio2: Unknown key pressed (raw set 2, code 0x8 on isa0060/serio2). Apr 17 11:39:18 klaatu kernel: [87435.481108] atkbd serio2: Use 'setkeycodes 08 <keycode>' to make it known. Apr 17 11:39:18 klaatu kernel: [87435.483830] atkbd serio2: Unknown key pressed (raw set 2, code 0x0 on isa0060/serio2). Apr 17 11:39:18 klaatu kernel: [87435.483836] atkbd serio2: Use 'setkeycodes 00 <keycode>' to make it known. Apr 17 11:39:18 klaatu kernel: [87435.509882] atkbd serio2: Unknown key pressed (raw set 2, code 0x18 on isa0060/serio2). Apr 17 11:39:18 klaatu kernel: [87435.509891] atkbd serio2: Use 'setkeycodes 18 <keycode>' to make it known. Apr 17 11:39:18 klaatu kernel: [87435.511006] atkbd serio2: Unknown key pressed (raw set 2, code 0x17c on isa0060/serio2). Apr 17 11:39:18 klaatu kernel: [87435.511013] atkbd serio2: Use 'setkeycodes 7c <keycode>' to make it known. Apr 17 11:39:18 klaatu kernel: [87435.512055] atkbd serio2: Unknown key pressed (raw set 2, code 0x0 on isa0060/serio2). Apr 17 11:39:18 klaatu kernel: [87435.512059] atkbd serio2: Use 'setkeycodes 00 <keycode>' to make it known. At this point, the only thing I can do is reboot the system to recover. Needless to say, this makes Precise on my system a very frustrating experience. Unfortunately, I can use apport to add logs because of this bug: #984256 which makes apport all but unusable. --- AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: bladernr 2170 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: bladernr 2170 F.... pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf0f20000 irq 47' Mixer name : 'IDT 92HD83C1X5' Components : 'HDA:111d7604,102802a2,00100104' Controls : 19 Simple ctrls : 10 Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xcdefc000 irq 16' Mixer name : 'Nvidia GPU 0a HDMI/DP' Components : 'HDA:10de000a,10de0101,00100100' Controls : 24 Simple ctrls : 4 CheckboxSubmission: b23ce36b87dcd99529399d76f1dc5b1d CheckboxSystem: 5f30ac82cc48ed91bb5240b61cb4e295 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=c2f4cbc3-a904-4dbf-acd4-0a28f482d683 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120307) MachineType: Alienware M15x NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: linux (not installed) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic root=UUID=e7eedf5d-5aad-4230-b123-47162b1acea6 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-24-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-24-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.79 SourcePackage: linux Tags: precise precise Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo dmi.bios.date: 08/24/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Alienware dmi.bios.version: A08 dmi.board.vendor: Alienware dmi.board.version: A08 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Alienware dmi.chassis.version: A08 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAlienware:bvrA08:bd08/24/2010:svnAlienware:pnM15x:pvrA08:rvnAlienware:rn:rvrA08:cvnAlienware:ct8:cvrA08: dmi.product.name: M15x dmi.product.version: A08 dmi.sys.vendor: Alienware To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/984265/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp