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Fred7109

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Registered: 2015-05-17

Posts: 134

Keyboard is turning on and off all the time

HI,

After installing following updates yesterday, my keyboard(Steelseries Apex) is constantly turning on and off. If I don't constantly write it turns off, if I want to write again I need to press a button and wait 3-5 seconds. This is very annoying.
Is there any of you which can give me a clue about why the following updates have done som my keyboard is acting like this?

Plus my keyboard has two USB ports, and they don't work now because my keyboard is turning on and off. I have tested my keyboard on another computer, and it works fine. And I have also checked with another keyboard on the computer which turn on and off my SteelSeries, and it also works fine?

[2015-06-23 21:53] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syy'
[2015-06-23 21:53] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2015-06-23 21:54] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Suu'
[2015-06-23 21:54] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] transaction started
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded tzdata (2015d-1 -> 2015e-1)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded ca-certificates-mozilla (3.19.1-1 -> 3.19.1-2)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded nss (3.19.1-1 -> 3.19.1-2)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded libsystemd (219-6 -> 221-1)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded libtirpc (0.3.1-1 -> 0.3.2-2)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded systemd (219-6 -> 221-1)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded freetype2 (2.5.5-1 -> 2.6-1)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded mesa (10.5.7-1 -> 10.6.0-1)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded mesa-libgl (10.5.7-1 -> 10.6.0-1)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded gnutls (3.4.1-1 -> 3.4.2-1)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded chromium (43.0.2357.125-2 -> 43.0.2357.130-1)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] installed libgudev (230-1)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded colord (1.2.9-2 -> 1.2.9-3)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded curl (7.42.1-1 -> 7.43.0-1)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded file (5.22-1 -> 5.23-2)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded gimp (2.8.14-2 -> 2.8.14-3)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded libwacom (0.11-1 -> 0.13-1)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded upower (0.99.2-2 -> 0.99.3-1)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded libmm-glib (1.4.8-1 -> 1.4.8-2)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded libnm-glib (1.0.2-3 -> 1.0.2-4)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded gnome-settings-daemon (3.16.2-1 -> 3.16.2-2)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded gst-plugins-good (1.4.5-2 -> 1.4.5-3)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded udisks2 (2.1.5-1 -> 2.1.5-2)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded gvfs (1.24.1-1 -> 1.24.1-2)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded gvfs-afc (1.24.1-1 -> 1.24.1-2)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded gvfs-smb (1.24.1-1 -> 1.24.1-2)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-systemd (219-1 -> 221-1)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-mesa (10.5.7-1 -> 10.6.0-1)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-mesa-libgl (10.5.7-1 -> 10.6.0-1)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded libinput (0.17.0-2 -> 0.18.0-1)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded mpfr (3.1.2.p11-1 -> 3.1.3-1)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded mutter (3.16.2-1 -> 3.16.2-2)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded nm-connection-editor (1.0.2-1 -> 1.0.2-3)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded network-manager-applet (1.0.2-1 -> 1.0.2-3)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded networkmanager (1.0.2-3 -> 1.0.2-4)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded systemd-sysvcompat (219-6 -> 221-1)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded thunar (1.6.10-1 -> 1.6.10-2)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded xfburn (0.5.4-1 -> 0.5.4-2)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded xfce4-cpufreq-plugin (1.1.1-2 -> 1.1.2-1)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] upgraded xfce4-weather-plugin (0.8.5-2 -> 0.8.6-1)
[2015-06-23 21:55] [ALPM] transaction completed

Last edited by Fred7109 (2015-06-24 08:29:16)

rlees85

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From: Daventry, UK

Registered: 2015-04-29

Posts: 98

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Re: Keyboard is turning on and off all the time

After a similar set of updates, my keyboard ignores the first stroke on the login screen - causing me to always enter my password incorrectly. I press the first letter, nothing happens, press it again and it begins to work. Once its working it never stops, so not exactly the same issue as you but possibly similar.

Its a Lenovo multimedia keyboard with a USB port on it too.

foutrelis

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From: Athens, Greece

Registered: 2008-07-28

Posts: 705

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Re: Keyboard is turning on and off all the time

Sounds like you're seeing this: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/340

We'll release a new systemd package once this is fixed upstream.

Fred7109

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Registered: 2015-05-17

Posts: 134

Re: Keyboard is turning on and off all the time

I'm sorry for the stupid question, but what means  "fixed upstream".  Is there a way to reverse back the changes? Or when do the new release come?

Buddlespit

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From: Chesapeake, Va.

Registered: 2014-02-07

Posts: 507

Re: Keyboard is turning on and off all the time

"Upstream" is the people or organisation that did the actual release of the software or firmware. This particular software was developed by the Systemd Team from RedHat. Downstream (or local) is the distributions packaging team. Some issues can be fixed downstream, because of a configuration/patch/setting applied due to the architecture of the distribution and some can be fixed upstream, because of the same. This is an upstream issue caused by a patch submitted to help with power management in USB hubs and roots. You can either revert the patch and recompile (good luck!!) or you can wait for upstream to revert the patch (or find another fix, which is more likely) and release an update.
*edit*- you can also try this and hope for the best:  https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Po … utosuspend

BTW, @fourtrelis... this appears to have been going on since 220. I could not, for the life of me, figure out what had happened. Since the power management was working properly, there were no error logs. You can add the Logitech G15 keyboard w/ 2 USB ports to your list

Last edited by Buddlespit (2015-06-24 11:27:17)

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foutrelis

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From: Athens, Greece

Registered: 2008-07-28

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Re: Keyboard is turning on and off all the time

I'm sorry for the stupid question, but what means  "fixed upstream".  Is there a way to reverse back the changes? Or when do the new release come?

Buddlespit answered this quite well. I expect a fix and new packages within a couple of days. In the mean time, you can manually remove /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/42-usb-hid-pm.rules. (This rules file will most likely be removed upstream as well.)

m01

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Registered: 2015-06-25

Posts: 8

Re: Keyboard is turning on and off all the time

I can confirm that this problem affects me too. I also have a Steelseries Apex. foutrelis' workaround appears to work, thank you very much!