New update.1 build 687

[david at lang.hm]

On Tue, 22 Jan 2008, Mitch Bradley wrote:

> 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.

thanks, I may do that tomorrow night (unless there is a new firmware 
build to try :-)

this time a switch from X to the console cleared it up.

David Lang

> 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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