[nflug] Periodic "hangs" on Ubuntu / Dell Inspiron 8200

[Cyber Source]

David Rosonowski wrote:
> Heh, this is a laptop, that's not much of an option.
>
> On 9/25/06, Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com> wrote:
>> David Rosonowski wrote:
>> > I have that running. Odd thing about diagnosing period problems is
>> > that when you try and pin it down, they go away until you're not
>> > looking.
>> >
>> > It did immediately give me something about
>> > Sep 24 20:50:41 hikaru kernel: [17339483.276000] atkbd.c: Unknown key
>> > released (          translated set 2, code 0x7f on isa0060/serio0).
>> > Sep 24 20:50:41 hikaru kernel: [17339483.276000] atkbd.c: Use
>> > 'setkeycodes 7f <k          eycode>' to make it known.
>> > Sep 24 20:54:35 hikaru kernel: [17339717.588000] atkbd.c: Unknown key
>> > released (          translated set 2, code 0x7f on isa0060/serio0).
>> > Sep 24 20:54:35 hikaru kernel: [17339717.588000] atkbd.c: Use
>> > 'setkeycodes 7f <k          eycode>' to make it known.
>> > Sep 24 21:18:26 hikaru -- MARK --
>> > Sep 24 21:37:07 hikaru kernel: [17342269.324000] atkbd.c: Unknown key
>> > released (          translated set 2, code 0x7f on isa0060/serio0).
>> > Sep 24 21:37:07 hikaru kernel: [17342269.324000] atkbd.c: Use
>> > 'setkeycodes 7f <k          eycode>' to make it known.
>> > Sep 24 21:58:28 hikaru -- MARK --
>> > Sep 24 22:07:58 hikaru kernel: [17344120.276000] atkbd.c: Unknown key
>> > released (          translated set 2, code 0x7f on isa0060/serio0).
>> > Sep 24 22:07:58 hikaru kernel: [17344120.276000] atkbd.c: Use
>> > 'setkeycodes 7f <k          eycode>' to make it known.
>> > Sep 24 22:18:30 hikaru -- MARK --
>> > Sep 24 22:21:11 hikaru kernel: [17344913.244000] atkbd.c: Unknown key
>> > released (translated set 2, code 0x7f on isa0060/serio0).
>> > Sep 24 22:21:11 hikaru kernel: [17344913.244000] atkbd.c: Use
>> > 'setkeycodes 7f <keycode>' to make it known.
>> >
>> > But I honestly have no idea what that means.
>> >
>> > On 9/24/06, David J. Andruczyk <djandruczyk at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --- David Rosonowski <rosonowski at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Well, no, it's not a network stall, I suppose I should have 
>> clarified
>> >> > that. The whole system hangs, but the most obvious system is the
>> >> > sudden lack of tunes. I'm not using wifi (someone stole my wifi
>> >> > card),
>> >> > so I don't think that's the issue.
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Does the mouse freeze??
>> >>
>> >> Did you try the test I said before (open a shell run "sudo tail -f
>> >> /var/log/messages" to watch the system logs for info when it 
>> "pauses".)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> -- David J. Andruczyk
>> >>
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>> MAJOR keyboard issues! I had that once with a POS M$ Multimedia
>> keyboard. Try changing your keyboard.
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Most laptops allow for an external PS/2 keyboard and if not a USB one 
and some BIOS will allow to disable the onboard one. I would look 
correcting the keyboard issue. Dave's suggestions sound perfect but I 
think if your system is screaming about the keyboard like that, your 
going to have intermittent problems with all sorts of stuff. With this 
being Ubuntu, you can try something very slick. Run "dpkg-reconfigure 
xserver-xorg", then follow the prompts, you can allow for auto detection 
or setting things manually via the prompts that you will be asked. It 
will figure 3 things, video card, keyboard and monitor, in that order, 
and then write a new xorg.conf file. Try different settings until your 
system stops screamin about the keyboard.
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