PS2 Keyboard and mouse dead in FC3 on Dell Precision 530

From: J. Epperson (epperson_at_alumni.unc.edu)
Date: 11/30/04

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    Sent this last night, but my registration was apparently not complete
    and it did not go to the list (not in archive, anyway)>

    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.

    Installed FC1, and everything worked ok. Will try FC1-->FC3 upgrade
    tonight. Suggestions welcome.

    --jake 

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