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[Bug 1440446] Re: Keyboard does not respond/scrambled video

 

Christopher, I have just tested the latest mainline kernel, that is v4.0 from 13-Apr-2015. Exactly the sme behaviour as
v4.0-rc7. I note from the boot log that when KMS is enabled usbcore is registering drivers usbhid and uas, then the framebuffer
is switched from EFI VGA to radeondrmfb after which there are no more messages and the boot stalls.

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Title:
  Keyboard does not respond/scrambled video

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Description:    Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS
  Release:        14.04
  Kernel 3.13.0-48-generic

  I expected to be apple to boot to the password prompt for my encrypted root (and beyond) with correct graphics.
  Instead I found that my keyboard was not recognised after grub, so I am not able to decrypt my root or login 

  More detailed explanation:

  I have Ubuntu installed on my 17'' core-duo intel imac, with an encrypted root partition.
  Version 12.04 with kernel 3.5.0-17-generic worked ok, but I updated to the LTS version 14.04.
  The system now freezes before asking for my encryption password when booting (I am using EFI with grub2)
  with my old kernel (3.5.0-17-generic) and with no args on the kernel command line. If I put nomodeset the boot
  progresses to the encryption password and I can successfully login, however the video is completely scrambled (I literally cannot
  make out anything). Having tried many ways to fix the video, I tried the latest kernel (3.13.0-48-generic). In this case
  the boot gets to the password and the graphics appear to be ok, but the keyboard/mouse do not respond. Again I tried many fixes, unsuccesfully. I installed the extras so as to have usbhid, mac_hid etc, and found that the behaviour now reverted precisely to that outlined above for 3.5.0-17-generic; that is scrambled graphics but successful login (with nomodeset), and freezing before
  reaching the password prompt (without nomodeset).
  I tried manually adding only the hid modules to my initrd.img-3.13.0-48-generic built prior to install of extra, but found graphics again ok but still no keyboard !

  This report was made via a ssh session after booting with the
  scrambled video.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: linux-image-3.13.0-48-generic 3.13.0-48.80
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-48.80-generic 3.13.11-ckt16
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-48-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.8
  Architecture: i386
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  lightdm    1678 F.... pulseaudio
                        admin      2808 F.... pulseaudio
  Date: Sun Apr  5 10:33:58 2015
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=b24198c5-2cbc-45f2-8535-71569a8d69fa
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-07-28 (616 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release i386 (20121017.2)
  IwConfig:
   lo        no wireless extensions.
   
   eth2      no wireless extensions.
  MachineType: Apple Computer, Inc. iMac4,1
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
   TERM=xterm-color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcFB: 0 EFI VGA
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-48-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu-root nomodeset loglevel=7
  PulseList:
   Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: Home directory not accessible: Permission denied
   No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-48-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-48-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                             1.127.11
  RfKill:
   0: hci0: Bluetooth
   	Soft blocked: no
   	Hard blocked: no
  SourcePackage: linux
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2015-03-16 (19 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 10/12/06
  dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Computer, Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: IM41.88Z.0055.B08.0610121350
  dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
  dmi.board.name: Mac-F42786C8
  dmi.board.vendor: Apple Computer, Inc.
  dmi.board.version: PVT
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset Tag
  dmi.chassis.type: 13
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Computer, Inc.
  dmi.chassis.version: Mac-F42786C8
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleComputer,Inc.:bvrIM41.88Z.0055.B08.0610121350:bd10/12/06:svnAppleComputer,Inc.:pniMac4,1:pvr1.0:rvnAppleComputer,Inc.:rnMac-F42786C8:rvrPVT:cvnAppleComputer,Inc.:ct13:cvrMac-F42786C8:
  dmi.product.name: iMac4,1
  dmi.product.version: 1.0
  dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Computer, Inc.

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