usb keyboard problem

[mightys]

if you could also find and assist with any other serious problems you see there I would be really glad and also, what should I look for myself regarding keyboard problem in log?

[dfranz]

Can you try killing all your apps- you have a task killer loaded I hope and then with the keyboard plugged in run it again?

[mightys]

here it is, all killed, keyboard plugged in

[dfranz]

Wish I was that tech savvy to help you diagnose other problems, but hopefully someone who has more experience in that particular arena will help out here.

[alleytom]

Ok, so I looked through the log and couldn't find specific references to the keyboard. However what you should try is this:

- Start the tablet WITHOUT the keyboard connected.
- Take note of the system time as it appears in the logcat
- plug in the keyboard
- dump the log and send it over here along with the approximate time (HH:MM:SS) you tried plugging the keyboard in.

The log should show something about trying to configure the newly inserted device, which might tell us what's happening... Knowing the time means concentrating on the relevant part of the log...

From your log, I see that the "tencent" program keeps trying to do stuff and being killed. Unless you actually use that application, you'd have a skinnier log just by disinstalling it.

[shreknel]

hi guys!
I bought an USB keyboard for my Novo7 Basic tablet, it worked well, but today suddenly it just stopped working, not responding to anything.
Yet, keyboard works well with PC, and when I plug it to tablet 'lock' lights flashes, so it seems that there is connection between keyboard and tablet. I even made an tablet upgrade to 3.2, still not working.
Any ideas???

I read on one of the vendor sites that they think it only works if the keyboard is plugged in at boot.
My keyboard still needs to arrive, so haven't had an opportunity to verify this.

[alleytom]

I read on one of the vendor sites that they think it only works if the keyboard is plugged in at boot.
My keyboard still needs to arrive, so haven't had an opportunity to verify this.

My keyboard at least works fine if "hotplugged". I'm leaving for work, now, but I'll post the relevant section of the logcat later today, where it shows the keyboard being conencted, identified and configured. (This is the 4.0.3 version of the firmware, by the way...)

EDIT:
OK, here's what happens in my log when I plug the keyboard in:

D/EventHub( 127): No input device configuration file found for device 'NOVATEK USB Keyboard'.
I/EventHub( 127): New device: id=5, fd=233, path='/dev/input/event6', name='NOVATEK USB Keyboard', classes=0x80000003, configuration='', keyLayout='/system/usr/keylayout/Generic.kl', keyCharacterMap='/system/usr/keychars/Generic.kcm', builtinKeyboard=false
I/InputReader( 127): Device added: id=5, name='NOVATEK USB Keyboard', sources=0x00000101
I/ActivityManager( 127): Config changed: {1.0 0mcc0mnc en_US layoutdir=0 sw480dp w800dp h480dp lrg long land finger qwerty/v/v -nav/h s.6}


...and here's what happens when I remove it (of course the log contains a lot of other stuff):

I/EventHub( 127): Removing device '/dev/input/event6' due to inotify event
I/EventHub( 127): Removed device: path=/dev/input/event6 name=NOVATEK USB Keyboard id=5 fd=233 classes=0x80000003
I/InputReader( 127): Device removed: id=5, name='NOVATEK USB Keyboard', sources=0x00000101
I/ActivityManager( 127): Config changed: {1.0 0mcc0mnc en_US layoutdir=0 sw480dp w800dp h480dp lrg long land finger -keyb/v/h -nav/h s.7}

Knowing this I'll look through your logs again to find something similar...

[mightys]

ok, so here is my log, I cropped the part where I unplug keyboard, because when I plug in- nothing happens in the log, only when plug out my keyboard.

[alleytom]

ok, so here is my log, I cropped the part where I unplug keyboard, because when I plug in- nothing happens in the log, only when plug out my keyboard.

There's nothing wrong with the "removal" part of the log, but the fact that nothing is shown when you plug it in is certainly an indication that something is wrong!!! Are you sure that nothing appears? Look for occurrences of the "HID" string, as that's the name your keyboard reports. Of particular interest is the configuration change, as that is the one that enables/disables the virtual keyboard. What happens when you plug the keyboard in? Does the virtual one still pops up when you select a textbox?

[mightys]

nothing appears with 'HID' string after plugging in. Also, not always after I remove keyboard that message part, that I showed, appears..
And yes, virtual keyboard pops up after clicking on text field. But I believe same thing was during that period when my keyboard was working well...