From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261936AbTLHTwU (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Dec 2003 14:52:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261950AbTLHTwT (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Dec 2003 14:52:19 -0500 Received: from iucha.net ([209.98.146.184]:64881 "EHLO mail.iucha.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261936AbTLHTwE (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Dec 2003 14:52:04 -0500 Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 13:52:03 -0600 To: Scott Robert Ladd Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Of Mice and Linux Message-ID: <20031208195203.GB28031@iucha.net> Mail-Followup-To: Scott Robert Ladd , Linux Kernel Mailing List References: <3FD4BD1B.1060708@coyotegulch.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="hQiwHBbRI9kgIhsi" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3FD4BD1B.1060708@coyotegulch.com> X-message-flag: Microsoft: Where do you want to go today? Nevermind, you are coming with us! X-gpg-key: http://iucha.net/florin_iucha.gpg X-gpg-fingerprint: 41A9 2BDE 8E11 F1C5 87A6 03EE 34B3 E075 3B90 DFE4 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i From: florin@iucha.net (Florin Iucha) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --hQiwHBbRI9kgIhsi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 01:04:11PM -0500, Scott Robert Ladd wrote: > Please indulge a minor story in regard to testing beta kernels. >=20 > Last Friday, I made a minor change to my Linux .config and rebuilt=20 > 2.6.0-test11. Soon thereafter, my mouse began getting "stuck", sometimes= =20 > for several seconds, refusing to move no matter how vigorously I wiggled= =20 > my wrist. >=20 > I rebuilt the kernel a couple of times, turning on and off various=20 > options; I plugged and unplugged devices from the USB ports; a=20 > considerable amount of cursing ensued. The problem was erratic -- and=20 > frustrating, because I hadn't had much trouble with 2.6 (which I've been= =20 > using since the 2.6.4x days). >=20 > Then I borrowed a mouse from another machine, plugged it in -- and the=20 > replacement rodent worked flawlessly. It seems that my mouse broke just= =20 > about the same time as I installed test11. Being a software guy, I=20 > should have blamed the hardware first... >=20 > ...especially since the truth was right in front of me, emblazoned=20 > boldly across the mouse: the word "Microsoft". >=20 > I think the replacement will be from Logitech. Hrm... you might be onto something here. My Microsoft mouse gave up around test-10 or so. Then the USB ports started acting funny on my SIS 745 motherboard... florin --=20 Don't question authority: they don't know either! --hQiwHBbRI9kgIhsi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/1NZjNLPgdTuQ3+QRAk+XAJ4lk8Z2aG6asRN+UoXUYF95CqXETwCeKPc/ 4QAa8Zu978nfDyJAls144rw= =zpSZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --hQiwHBbRI9kgIhsi--