From: Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>
To: Alex <akhripin@mit.edu>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: More mouse wheel problems
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 00:08:24 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040209230824.GA236@ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040209222930.GX18567@open-boozeware.mit.edu>
On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 05:29:31PM -0500, Alex wrote:
> The mouse is in USB in both cases. I'll see if I can dig up my USB <-> PS/2
> converter and try the mouse in PS/2 mode. But in this case, the mouse stayed
> plugged into USB the whole time.
Then you forgot to load the USB drivers and the BIOS is doing
emulation of a PS/2 mouse. That'd explain the wheel problem, too.
You need to load the USB (uhci/ohci-hcd, and hid) drivers.
> -Alex
>
> On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 11:05:23PM +0100, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> > 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.
--
Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs, SuSE CR
prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-02-09 23:07 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
2004-02-09 22:29 ` Alex
2004-02-09 23:08 ` Vojtech Pavlik [this message]
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