Re: [Bluez-users] Microsoft IntelliMouse with kernel 2.6.18 and patch-2.6.18-mh1 is broken (fix provided)

Marcel Holtmann
2006-09-27T07:52:18Z

Hi Andrey,

> Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer for Bluetooth had decent support in
> older version of kernel patch, I believe patch-2.6.15-mh2. I could use
> scroll wheel and additional buttons. The only issues that I could not
> solve satisfactory were smooth activation from sleep, on boot, and
> after a timeout. "Smooth" means without reseting the mouse every time by
> pressing small button on its bottom.
>
> I decided to give a try to the latest kernel 2.6.18 with Fedora Core 5
> and patch-2.6.18-mh1 with latest bluez tools. The start appeared
> promising: unpatched kernel 2.6.18 with FC5 and bluez 2.25 enables
> IntelliMouse via Boot protocol with the resumption from sleep working!
> This is an improvement from earlier versions. This doesn't bring the
> closure, though, because the boot protocol lacks the support for scroll
> wheel and additional buttons.
>
> I upgraded to bluez 3.5 but this didn't make any difference. I then
> patched the kernel with patch-2.6.18-mh1. This killed the mouse: the
> cursor would not move.
>
> I finally was able to solve the problem by using the previous
> patch-2.6.15-mh2 against the 2.6.18 kernel with minor cleanup. The
> patch is here:
>
> http://www.brainhub.org/patch-2.6.18-mh1aj.bz2
>
> Note that it will produce a few harmless warnings.

can you send your changes against a recent 2.6.18-mhX kernel. Sending
the whole patch doesn't help to identify the problem.

Regards

Marcel