I wasn't able to boot the Ubuntu daily live image due to bug #1251816, but I did try installing the Raring kernel (3.8.0-34) on my work's Dell Inspiron 2650 running Lubuntu 12.04. Booting the 3.8 kernel, the keyboard & trackpad worked every time! I probably rebooted it about 15 times. As far as I can tell, this issue is resolved, but I can only assume the issue is still fixed in 3.11, as I cannot successfully boot that kernel yet to test.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/739118 Title: Dell Inspiron 2650 (bios A13): keyboard and touchpad fail randomly Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) Alpha 3 i386 Dell Inspiron 2650 Intel 82845 Brookdale chipset, Nvidia GeForce2 Go. Related to bug #555169 Refiled as requested by Timo Aaltonen Symptoms: Keyboard always functional in Grub. Fails randomly during boot in both tty and gdm (X.org). Touchpad randomly functional when gdm loads. Keyboard sometimes functional in gdm while touchpad not. Note: System booted with "pci=noacpi" due to bug #738501. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: linux-image-2.6.38-7-generic 2.6.38-7.36 Regression: No Reproducible: Yes ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.36-generic 2.6.38 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic i686 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23. AplayDevices: **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: I82801CAICH3 [Intel 82801CA-ICH3], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel 82801CA-ICH3] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: administrator 1547 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: administrator 1547 F...m pulseaudio CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'I82801CAICH3'/'Intel 82801CA-ICH3 with STAC9700,83,84 at irq 10' Mixer name : 'SigmaTel STAC9700,83,84' Components : 'AC97a:83847600' Controls : 27 Simple ctrls : 19 Date: Sun Mar 20 22:42:37 2011 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=2bae8254-aebf-416c-9d8f-34c359fa7397 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110302) IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. Lsusb: Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0e6a:6001 Megawin Technology Co., Ltd Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 002: ID 062a:0000 Creative Labs Optical mouse Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub MachineType: Dell Computer Corporation Inspiron 2650 PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: no card ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-7-generic root=UUID=b91cd4ec-3913-43f8-8174-517bfe004db1 ro pci=noacpi nosplash RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.38-7-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-2.6.38-7-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.49 RfKill: SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 03/23/2004 dmi.bios.vendor: PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES LTD. dmi.bios.version: A13 dmi.board.name: Inspiron 2650 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation dmi.board.version: None dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 1 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPHOENIXTECHNOLOGIESLTD.:bvrA13:bd03/23/2004:svnDellComputerCorporation:pnInspiron2650:pvrRevisionA0:rvnDellComputerCorporation:rnInspiron2650:rvrNone:cvnDellComputerCorporation:ct1:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: Inspiron 2650 dmi.product.version: Revision A0 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/739118/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp