From: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor_core@ameritech.net>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "James E. Jennison" <james.jennison@digital-creationsonline.com>
Subject: Re: ImExPS/2 status
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 00:30:54 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200510190030.54715.dtor_core@ameritech.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200510181711.19618.james.jennison@digital-creationsonline.com>
On Tuesday 18 October 2005 19:11, James E. Jennison wrote:
> Hey everyone...this is my first posting here, and I may not be going about
> this the right way so please forgive me if I am not. I had a question
> regarding the status of the code for the ImExPS/2 style mice.
>
> I currently have a Nexxtech NXX200 PS/2 Optical Wheel Mouse, running kernel
> 2.6.13.4. I noticed that prior to the 2.6.x.x series (whilst in the 2.4.x.x
> series (I was stubborn)), that my mouse was working fine.
>
> Now, however,if I plug my mouse in, the optical light comes on for perhaps
> half a second, and the mouse goes dark. The second thing that happens is if
> you click either button, or move/click the scrollwheel, the cursor will go to
> the upper right hand corner of the screen to where you only see a small
> fraction of it. This happens in both console mode and in graphical.
>
> I have included the results from what dmesg displayed when I connected the
> mouse to the computer, as well as some of the output from /var/log/messages:
>
> input: ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse on isa0060/serio1
>
> Oct 18 06:47:25 scooby gpm[18741]: Started gpm successfully. Entered daemon
> mode.
> Oct 18 06:48:46 scooby kernel: psmouse.c: bad data from KBC - timeout
> Oct 18 06:48:47 scooby hal.hotplug[22794]: DEVPATH is not set
> Oct 18 06:48:47 scooby hal.hotplug[22836]: DEVPATH is not set
> Oct 18 06:48:47 scooby kernel: input: PS/2 Generic Mouse on isa0060/serio1
So you start without a mouse plugged in and still it detects a mouse?
> Oct 18 06:52:54 scooby hal.hotplug[2047]: DEVPATH is not set
> Oct 18 06:52:55 scooby hal.hotplug[2133]: DEVPATH is not set
> Oct 18 06:52:55 scooby kernel: input: ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse on
> isa0060/serio1
And here you plug the mouse, right?
> Oct 18 06:54:28 scooby hal.hotplug[5846]: DEVPATH is not set
> Oct 18 06:54:28 scooby hal.hotplug[5884]: DEVPATH is not set
> Oct 18 06:54:29 scooby kernel: input: PS/2 Generic Mouse on isa0060/serio1
>
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Dmitry
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-10-19 5:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-10-19 0:11 ImExPS/2 status James E. Jennison
2005-10-19 5:30 ` Dmitry Torokhov [this message]
2005-10-19 13:45 ` James E. Jennison
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2005-10-19 3:52 ` Robert Hancock
2005-10-19 4:48 ` James E. Jennison
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