New update.1 build 687

[Mitch Bradley]

manually revert to q2d08 (see the instructions on the wiki page for 
q2d08) and remove the bootfw.zip from /versions/boot/current/boot (to 
keep it from autoupdating right back to d09) and the problem might go away.

david at lang.hm wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Jan 2008, Mitch Bradley wrote:
>
>> david at lang.hm wrote:
>>> I'm occasionally seeing an issue with the keyboard in recent builds 
>>> (no problem on 682, I've seen problems on everything since). This is 
>>> a G1G1 laptop
>>>
>>
>> Are you using Q2D09 firmware?  There have been reports of strange 
>> keyboard behavior as a result of some EC code changes that first 
>> appeared in Q2D09.
>
> I think so (the machine did a firmware upgrade a few upgrades ago, I 
> haven't seen it switch back)
>
> IIRC the problem first hit when I tried joyride 1569
>
> David Lang
>
>>
>>> once in a while they keyboard returns strange characters. q returns 
>>> a stylalized w, c returns a character that looks like the alternate 
>>> character on the key, etc.
>>>
>>> in a possibly unrelated problem, I've also seen strange behavior 
>>> from the gamepad keys, when I press a key (up for example) then 
>>> press another key (down for example) the system acts one keystroke 
>>> behind what I type. I've only noticed this problem at the same time 
>>> as the first problem, but I won't guarentee that they are related.
>>>
>>> the trigger for the problem (and the clearing of the problem) may be 
>>> switching to power savings mode, but it is very unpredictable
>>>
>>> I happen to be useing the terminal extensively to run alpine, and so 
>>> when I can't compose, delete, or quit it stands out :-)
>>>
>>> for a while I thought this was related to loading the web activity, 
>>> but I just experianced a case of this problem after upgrading to 
>>> build 687, and the only thing I've run after the upgrade is a single 
>>> terminal window.
>>>
>>> David Lang
>>>
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