diff -urN linux-2.4.5-ac4/drivers/usb/hid-core.c linux/drivers/usb/hid-core.c
--- linux-2.4.5-ac4/drivers/usb/hid-core.c	Tue May 29 19:48:15 2001
+++ linux/drivers/usb/hid-core.c	Fri Jun  1 16:30:33 2001
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@
 
 			if ((field->flags & HID_MAIN_ITEM_RELATIVE) && !value[n])
 				continue;
-			if (value[n] == field->value[n])
+			if ((~field->flags & HID_MAIN_ITEM_RELATIVE) && value[n] == field->value[n])
 				continue;
 			hid_process_event(hid, field, &field->usage[n], value[n]);
 			continue;