PS2 Keyboard and mouse dead in FC3 on Dell Precision 530

[J. Epperson]

Keith Hunt wrote:

>On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 15:07:36 -0500, J. Epperson <epperson at alumni.unc.edu> wrote:
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>>Sent this last night, but my registration was apparently not complete
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>>The i get an error when booting FC3 on a Dell Precision 530 ("i8042.c:
>>Can't read CTR while initializing i8042").  The keyboard and mouse are
>>then "dead" from there on--can't press a key and trigger kudzu before
>>the timeout, can't type a username/password on the X11 login screen,
>>etc.  Odd, since they both worked fine all the way through a graphical
>>install, just not with the resulting kernel config.  Reading suggests
>>apci/apic problem in i8042.c code, I've tried the suggested noapic and
>>noacpi kernel line parms, but nothing's working.  I did include SELinux
>>in "warn" mode in the install, FWIW.
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>>Installed FC1, and everything worked ok.  Will try FC1-->FC3 upgrade
>>tonight.  Suggestions welcome.
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>>--jake
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>Could this be the same bug described in:
>https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=123535
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>This was for FC2 but it may be still not fixed. It happens when you
>are using the SMP kernel. If this is your problem, the only
>workarounds I know are to disable legacy USB in the BIOS or switch to
>the single processor kernel.
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Thanks to both Keith and David for the legacy USB response. Would that 
the be "USB Emulation" setting on the Precision 530 BIOS, you think? It 
says its for OSes that don't have direct USB support. I'll have to set 
it "OFF" and reinstall FC3. Currently have FC1 running flawlessly to 
make sure it's not hardware on this new/used box (dual 2.2Ghz Xeons).

Doesn't look like bug 123535 exactly, but could still be a problem with 
the same code. It doesn't mention the i8042.c boot initialization error, 
though.