From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752336Ab0F1Rbm (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:31:42 -0400 Received: from mail-pv0-f174.google.com ([74.125.83.174]:43760 "EHLO mail-pv0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751263Ab0F1Rbl (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:31:41 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:cc:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=ZHXBWhHv9CSxojvfCJ7++WORizeZfdwp78TbfyhT/dTMDkgiRhvw8PImrpptYaKU1U My++rY8Dg5ImCCOlMtcspPsZekcj8ZqWWg4x/gzVLNAOtYLHI3SAg6BhdArFMXn1Hkf2 w/brRTiXGtN7FITrSROxtsUGJyPTn8jObLW+E= From: Dmitry Torokhov To: Mark Lord Subject: Re: Regression: ps2mouse not working in 2.6.34 Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:31:31 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.3 (Linux/2.6.35-rc3+; KDE/4.4.4; x86_64; ; ) Cc: Linux Kernel References: <4C28C81E.4010909@teksavvy.com> <20100628163350.GA11670@core.coreip.homeip.net> <4C28D96B.6060409@teksavvy.com> In-Reply-To: <4C28D96B.6060409@teksavvy.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201006281031.32568.dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Monday, June 28, 2010 10:18:35 am Mark Lord wrote: > On 28/06/10 12:33 PM, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 12:04:46PM -0400, Mark Lord wrote: > >> Okay, who broke it, and how do I re-enable it? > >> > >> The PS/2 mice on my systems here don't do anything with 2.6.34. > >> One system complains that I need to boot with i8042.nopnp to enable it, > >> which I also tried, but still nogo. Same behaviour with or without > >> /dev/psaux enabled. 64-bit kernel. > >> > >> The other system, running older userspace, hangs at the X-server startup > >> because it cannot find the mouse. No i8042 warnings. 32-bit kernel. > >> > >> Both systems working fine with older kernels. > >> Google finds lots of other people discovering the same problem. > >> > >> What gives? > > > > Well, lest start small: did it work ifor you with 2.6.33? Does kernel > > discover AUX serio port (dmesg)? What about the mouse itself? Is it > > absent or is it not reporting events? > > .. > > I started by crawling into the wire nest under the table. :) > > After a certain amount of experimentation, it appears that the newer > kernel is not compatible with the USB-to-PS2 dongle on the end of the > mouse. I found a different USB-to-PS2 dongle which does work, though. > > Very weird. I can mail you the other dongle if are really interested > in figuring out what broke and fixing it. Hmm, let me dig out one of my dongles first and see if it is broken too... If not I might be interested in getting yours but no promises - time is tight ;( Thanks. -- Dmitry