Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4

J.A. Magallon
2004-10-01T00:17:25Z

On 2004.10.01, Andrew Morton wrote:
> "J.A. Magallon" <jamagallon@able.es> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 2004.09.27, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > >
> > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.9-rc2/2.6.9-rc2-mm4/
> > >
> > > - ppc64 builds are busted due to breakage in bk-pci.patch
> > >
> > > - sparc64 builds are busted too. Also due to pci problems.
> > >
> > > - Various updates to various things. In particular, a kswapd artifact which
> > > could cause too much swapout was fixed.
> > >
> > > - I shall be offline for most of this week.
> > >
> >
> > I have a 'little' problem. PS2 mouse is jerky as hell, an when you mismatch
> > the protocol in X. Both in console and X.
>
> The above sentence is a bit hard to decrypt. Want to try again?
>

Sorry, it is late and I try to type faster than I think...

Problem: my PS2 trackball is not working. When I move it, the cursor (both
in console and in X) jumps, instead of smoothly following the ball. The
behavior is similar as when (in old days) you tried to use a mouse in X and
put the wrong 'Protocol' in XF86Config. Or as if the driver was only
getting one interrupt out of each hundred. Now with /dev/input/mice you don't.
have to explicitly say the protocol.

The USB ball works fine, so I think it is not a problem of the input drivers,
but of the PS2 one.

I can easily go back till -rc2-mm1 and check. I still have in my /boot
-mm[123]. I will post the results.

TIA

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