Unfortunately, there is no BIOS update for my notebook (Dell D620). I've checked the DSDT, which didn't show any errors, so this shouldn't be causing problems.
As I wrote in my report to bug# 64325, I can work normally only with kernel 2.6.15 (the one from dapper). I've even compiled kernel 2.6.18 and 2.6.19rc2-mm2 myself (optimised for Intel Core 2 Duo) - but the problems described in both bug reports aren't solved with any of them. Additionally, I have disabled the boot splash screen (it causes a lot of problems regarding the keyboard issue) and I'm using the kernel option pci=assign-busses. I can't estimate whether this is an kernel- or an application-based (X or KDE) bug. Neither do I know what has changed from the kernel side from 2.6.15 to 2.6.17, so that this all happens. I have to point out, that problems regarding the keyboard only appear within X - but never on the VT. To sum up: 2.6.19rc-mm2, 2.6.18 and 2.6.17 only work if I use "noapic" and/or "acpi=noirq", but with any of these options activated I've only ONE core, which is not what I desire. 2.6.15 (from dapper) works (having both cores), but I have to have disable the splash. Is this any hint for someone with deeper kernel/X/KDE knowledge? -- Keyboard random repeat and dropped key presses https://launchpad.net/bugs/39315 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
