From: Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>
To: Alex <akhripin@mit.edu>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: More mouse wheel problems
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 23:05:23 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040209220523.GA827@ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040209172448.GV18567@open-boozeware.mit.edu>
On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 12:24:48PM -0500, Alex wrote:
> Hi,
> I know mouse wheel problems have been discussed, but I am still having them
> even with the proper fixes. I have a generic-looking IBM optical wheel USB
> mouse, Model Number MO28B0 (O's could be zeros and vice versa).
>
> In the 2.4 kernels, the USB mouse would register with the following message:
> Nov 4 03:53:16 localhost kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usbmouse
> Nov 4 03:53:16 localhost kernel: input0: ARROW STRONG USB 3D Mouse on usb1:3.0
> Nov 4 03:53:16 localhost kernel: usbmouse.c: v1.6:USB HID Boot Protocol mouse driver
>
> Once I upgraded to 2.6.2, the mouse is identified as follows:
> Feb 4 12:29:07 localhost kernel: input: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse on isa0060/serio1
You moved the mouse from USB to PS/2 between the kernel upgrade? Where
the mouse doesn't work properly - on USB or PS/2? They're wildly
different interfaces and the mouse is using a different protocol on
either.
>
> The problem is that the mouse wheel does not work. My XF86Config-4 contains:
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Configured Mouse"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "CorePointer"
> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0"
> Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> EndSection
>
> I have tried with ExplorerPS/2 as suggested before, as well as with /dev/input/mice.
>
> Trying to perform some diagnostics, I used hexdump and cat to look at the
> output of /dev/input/mouse0 and /dev/input/mice. In both cases, the devices
> produced quite a lot of output for mouse movement and button presses - for
> all three buttons - but no output whatsoever for wheel movements. Does this
> mean that the problem is with the kernel?
>
> Thanks for your time,
> Alex Khripin
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Vojtech Pavlik
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-02-09 22:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-02-09 17:24 More mouse wheel problems Alex
2004-02-09 22:05 ` Vojtech Pavlik [this message]
2004-02-09 22:29 ` Alex
2004-02-09 23:08 ` Vojtech Pavlik
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