[Techtalk] kernel compiled no keyboard not found - toshiba/

[Kathryn Hogg]

Christine Bussman said:
> Here's something to try:  when it seems like the keyboard is dead, hit
> the up arrow key.  I'm having a similar problem with my notebook.
> Sometimes when I boot it, the keyboard doesn't work (kernel 2.6.8.1).
> It always starts to work again when I hit the up arrow key, though.  I'm
> still working on finding a solution so I don't have to mess with this,
> but it makes the computer much more useable than without a keyboard :)

Hmmm, seems similar to a problem that my laptop is experiencing except
that the keys don't even work during boot (i.e in grub).  However,
plugging in an external keyboard works.

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Kathryn
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