Comment 16 for bug 677633

I finded on one of the formum this way to make work i8042 kbd on acer aspire. It didn't helps me.

Boris, maybe you will have some results after check it?

Add in xorg.conf:

Section "ServerFlags"
        Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
        Option "AllowEmptyInput" "False"
        Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier "Keyboard0"
        Driver "evdev"
        Option "Device" "/dev/input/event4" # in my case and i think your too
        Option "CoreKeyboard"
        Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
        Option "XkbModel" "evdev"
        Option "XkbLayout" "us,ru"
        Option "XkbVariant" ",winkeys"
        Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll,compose:rwin,grp:switch"
EndSection

Regard, e.