Ubuntu-Gnome keyboard not working on LG TX Alsia netbook

[sasha1594]

Dear Sir,
I booted Ubuntu-Gnome 13.10 and booted my machine with the iso installed in usb, but my keyboard is dead but usb mouse is working and I am not able to install the same since when I reach the part where I have to type in user name I am stuck, nothing works, but my previous version of ubuntu 13.04 was easy and everything worked perfectly. I am very upset that I formated my hard disk and now stuck without a OS.
Any help will be highly appreciated. Thankyou.

[buzzingrobot]

While you are running the live iso, try selecting a more appropriate keyboard in the "Keyboard" section of Settings.

if that works, the change may or may not "stick" when you do the install. If not, you would need to repeat the keyboard selection.

The installer also requests keyboard selection early in the process.

If that doesn't resolve things, you may have found a bug.

[sasha1594]

I tried every keyboard listed in the keyboard selection tool, nothing worked, dont know if any body did have the same problem, this is really shocking for me especially from UBUNTU and my system is the LG Xnote TX( netbook) sometimes known as TX Express. I installed the system using onboard, even the installed system had the same problem but anyway I reverted back to 13.04 Raring and wait till 14.04 is released.

Dmesg spitted out
[ input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input4
[ 1.095649] Key type trusted registered

[sasha1594]

From ArchLinux forums.......


I managed to find the problem and correct it, at boot press tab to enter grub menu and press F6 (other options) add this line without quotes...

"i8042.nopnp=1 i8042.dumbkbd=1"


which should look somewhat like this

kernel /boot/casper/vmlinuz root=/XXXXXXX quiet splash-- (now remove those two dashes and add the above line) then it should look like this.
kernel /boot/casper/vmlinuz root=/XXXXXXX quiet splash i8042.nopnp=1 i8042.dumbkbd=1

and press ENTER

That's it and everything works as normal, this problem happens only with Intel i8042 chip I guess and the kernel module bug with latest kernel's

and thanks to those guys, they saved my system.

[Shengliang_Song]

Hi,

Could you collect the output of "sudo dmidecode" from your LG labtop?
Thanks a lot!

[sasha1594]

Dear Sir,
I am sorry to respond so late, since the problem was solved I did not return to this page, it was accidental that I saw your post. If you are a developer please help.
And here is the output as requested by you.

"sudo dmidecode
# dmidecode 2.12
SMBIOS version fixup (2.31 -> 2.3).
SMBIOS 2.3 present.
29 structures occupying 912 bytes.
Table at 0x000DC010.

Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 20 bytes
BIOS Information
Vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
Version: EVRTSF0B
Release Date: 12/27/2006
Address: 0xE6710
Runtime Size: 104688 bytes
ROM Size: 1024 kB
Characteristics:
PCI is supported
PC Card (PCMCIA) is supported
PNP is supported
APM is supported
BIOS is upgradeable
BIOS shadowing is allowed
ESCD support is available
Boot from CD is supported
Selectable boot is supported
EDD is supported
Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
Printer services are supported (int 17h)
CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h)
ACPI is supported
USB legacy is supported
BIOS boot specification is supported

Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 25 bytes
System Information
Manufacturer: LG Electronics
Product Name: TX-ALSIA2
Version: Not Applicable
Serial Number: 606KIYC013362
UUID: 00C78EAD-BF64-0010-897C-7C9D8B1F90D2
Wake-up Type: Power Switch

Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 8 bytes
Base Board Information
Manufacturer: LG Electronics
Product Name: TX
Version: Not Applicable
Serial Number: Not Applicable

Handle 0x0003, DMI type 3, 21 bytes
Chassis Information
Manufacturer: LG Electronics
Type: Notebook
Lock: Not Present
Version: N/A
Serial Number: None
Asset Tag: No Asset Tag
Boot-up State: Safe
Power Supply State: Safe
Thermal State: Safe
Security Status: None
OEM Information: 0x00000000
Height: 52 U
Number Of Power Cords: 18
Contained Elements: 0

Handle 0x0004, DMI type 4, 35 bytes
Processor Information
Socket Designation: U1
Type: Central Processor
Family: Unknown
Manufacturer: Intel
ID: D8 06 00 00 FF FB E9 AF
Signature: Type 0, Family 6, Model 13, Stepping 8
Flags:
FPU (Floating-point unit on-chip)
VME (Virtual mode extension)
DE (Debugging extension)
PSE (Page size extension)
TSC (Time stamp counter)
MSR (Model specific registers)
PAE (Physical address extension)
MCE (Machine check exception)
CX8 (CMPXCHG8 instruction supported)
APIC (On-chip APIC hardware supported)
SEP (Fast system call)
MTRR (Memory type range registers)
PGE (Page global enable)
MCA (Machine check architecture)
CMOV (Conditional move instruction supported)
PAT (Page attribute table)
CLFSH (CLFLUSH instruction supported)
DS (Debug store)
ACPI (ACPI supported)
MMX (MMX technology supported)
FXSR (FXSAVE and FXSTOR instructions supported)
SSE (Streaming SIMD extensions)
SSE2 (Streaming SIMD extensions 2)
SS (Self-snoop)
TM (Thermal monitor supported)
PBE (Pending break enabled)
Version: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor
Voltage: 1.3 V
External Clock: 533 MHz
Max Speed: 1300 MHz
Current Speed: 1300 MHz
Status: Populated, Enabled
Upgrade: Slot 1
L1 Cache Handle: 0x0008
L2 Cache Handle: 0x0009
L3 Cache Handle: Not Provided
Serial Number: Not Specified
Asset Tag: Not Specified
Part Number: Not Specified

Handle 0x0005, DMI type 5, 22 bytes
Memory Controller Information
Error Detecting Method: None
Error Correcting Capabilities:
None
Supported Interleave: One-way Interleave
Current Interleave: One-way Interleave
Maximum Memory Module Size: 2048 MB
Maximum Total Memory Size: 6144 MB
Supported Speeds:
Other
Supported Memory Types:
DIMM
SDRAM
Memory Module Voltage: 2.9 V
Associated Memory Slots: 3
0x0006
0x0007
0x0008
Enabled Error Correcting Capabilities:
Unknown

Handle 0x0006, DMI type 6, 12 bytes
Memory Module Information
Socket Designation: M1
Bank Connections: 0 1
Current Speed: Unknown
Type: DIMM SDRAM
Installed Size: 512 MB (Double-bank Connection)
Enabled Size: 512 MB (Double-bank Connection)
Error Status: OK

Handle 0x0007, DMI type 6, 12 bytes
Memory Module Information
Socket Designation: M2
Bank Connections: 2 3
Current Speed: Unknown
Type: DIMM SDRAM
Installed Size: 512 MB (Single-bank Connection)
Enabled Size: 512 MB (Single-bank Connection)
Error Status: OK

Handle 0x0008, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
Socket Designation: L1 Cache
Configuration: Enabled, Socketed, Level 1
Operational Mode: Write Back
Location: Internal
Installed Size: 64 kB
Maximum Size: 64 kB
Supported SRAM Types:
Burst
Pipeline Burst
Asynchronous
Installed SRAM Type: Asynchronous
Speed: Unknown
Error Correction Type: Unknown
System Type: Unknown
Associativity: Unknown

Handle 0x0009, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
Socket Designation: L2 Cache
Configuration: Enabled, Socketed, Level 2
Operational Mode: Write Back
Location: External
Installed Size: 2048 kB
Maximum Size: 2048 kB
Supported SRAM Types:
Burst
Pipeline Burst
Asynchronous
Installed SRAM Type: Burst
Speed: Unknown
Error Correction Type: Unknown
System Type: Unknown
Associativity: Unknown

Handle 0x000A, DMI type 11, 5 bytes
OEM Strings
String 1: LG Electronics
String 2: Customer Satisfaction First

Handle 0x000B, DMI type 15, 29 bytes
System Event Log
Area Length: 16 bytes
Header Start Offset: 0x0000
Header Length: 16 bytes
Data Start Offset: 0x0010
Access Method: General-purpose non-volatile data functions
Access Address: 0x0000
Status: Valid, Not Full
Change Token: 0x00000005
Header Format: Type 1
Supported Log Type Descriptors: 3
Descriptor 1: POST error
Data Format 1: POST results bitmap
Descriptor 2: Single-bit ECC memory error
Data Format 2: Multiple-event
Descriptor 3: Multi-bit ECC memory error
Data Format 3: Multiple-event

Handle 0x000C, DMI type 16, 15 bytes
Physical Memory Array
Location: System Board Or Motherboard
Use: System Memory
Error Correction Type: None
Maximum Capacity: 3 GB
Error Information Handle: Not Provided
Number Of Devices: 2

Handle 0x000D, DMI type 17, 27 bytes
Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x000C
Error Information Handle: No Error
Total Width: 64 bits
Data Width: 64 bits
Size: 512 MB
Form Factor: SODIMM
Set: 1
Locator: M1
Bank Locator: Bank 0
Type: DDR
Type Detail: Synchronous
Speed: Unknown
Manufacturer: Not Specified
Serial Number: Not Specified
Asset Tag: Not Specified
Part Number: Not Specified

Handle 0x000E, DMI type 17, 27 bytes
Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x000C
Error Information Handle: No Error
Total Width: 64 bits
Data Width: 64 bits
Size: 512 MB
Form Factor: SODIMM
Set: 1
Locator: M2
Bank Locator: Bank 1
Type: DDR
Type Detail: Synchronous
Speed: Unknown
Manufacturer: Not Specified
Serial Number: Not Specified
Asset Tag: Not Specified
Part Number: Not Specified

Handle 0x000F, DMI type 19, 15 bytes
Memory Array Mapped Address
Starting Address: 0x00000000000
Ending Address: 0x0003FFFFFFF
Range Size: 1 GB
Physical Array Handle: 0x000C
Partition Width: 2

Handle 0x0010, DMI type 20, 19 bytes
Memory Device Mapped Address
Starting Address: 0x00000000000
Ending Address: 0x0001FFFFFFF
Range Size: 512 MB
Physical Device Handle: 0x000D
Memory Array Mapped Address Handle: 0x000F
Partition Row Position: Unknown
Interleave Position: Unknown
Interleaved Data Depth: Unknown

Handle 0x0011, DMI type 20, 19 bytes
Memory Device Mapped Address
Starting Address: 0x00020000000
Ending Address: 0x0003FFFFFFF
Range Size: 512 MB
Physical Device Handle: 0x000E
Memory Array Mapped Address Handle: 0x000F
Partition Row Position: Unknown
Interleave Position: Unknown
Interleaved Data Depth: Unknown

Handle 0x0012, DMI type 23, 13 bytes
System Reset
Status: Enabled
Watchdog Timer: Present
Boot Option: Do Not Reboot
Boot Option On Limit: Do Not Reboot
Reset Count: Unknown
Reset Limit: Unknown
Timer Interval: Unknown
Timeout: Unknown

Handle 0x0013, DMI type 24, 5 bytes
Hardware Security
Power-On Password Status: Enabled
Keyboard Password Status: Unknown
Administrator Password Status: Enabled
Front Panel Reset Status: Unknown

Handle 0x0014, DMI type 25, 9 bytes
System Power Controls
Next Scheduled Power-on: 12-31 23:59:59

Handle 0x0015, DMI type 26, 20 bytes
Voltage Probe
Description: Voltage Probe
Location: Processor
Status: OK
Maximum Value: Unknown
Minimum Value: Unknown
Resolution: Unknown
Tolerance: Unknown
Accuracy: Unknown
OEM-specific Information: 0x00000000

Handle 0x0016, DMI type 27, 12 bytes
Cooling Device
Temperature Probe Handle: 0x0017
Type: Fan
Status: OK
OEM-specific Information: 0x00000000

Handle 0x0017, DMI type 28, 20 bytes
Temperature Probe
Description: Temperature Probe
Location: Processor
Status: OK
Maximum Value: Unknown
Minimum Value: Unknown
Resolution: Unknown
Tolerance: Unknown
Accuracy: Unknown
OEM-specific Information: 0x00000000

Handle 0x0018, DMI type 29, 20 bytes
Electrical Current Probe
Description: Electrical Current Probe
Location: Processor
Status: OK
Maximum Value: Unknown
Minimum Value: Unknown
Resolution: Unknown
Tolerance: Unknown
Accuracy: Unknown
OEM-specific Information: 0x00000000

Handle 0x0019, DMI type 30, 6 bytes
Out-of-band Remote Access
Manufacturer Name: Intel
Inbound Connection: Enabled
Outbound Connection: Disabled

Handle 0x001A, DMI type 32, 20 bytes
System Boot Information
Status: <OUT OF SPEC>

Handle 0x001B, DMI type 136, 8 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
88 08 1B 00 FF FF 00 00
Strings:
...

Handle 0x001C, DMI type 127, 4 bytes
End Of Table

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