From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752116Ab0F1Qvq (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:51:46 -0400 Received: from mail-pw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.160.46]:38157 "EHLO mail-pw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750838Ab0F1Qvo (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:51:44 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=WH1WHH4akaIPUY1eiyiqJhCc5YNwl5OJ0+gYqDYo9KNp8InjamcX1HQdHzn/QF5ZVG 8Q++tnagQ8vkkNi2rx9E5L+t2Y4JRChW+Vx8ZUXuXNanCt07FrpzULV7+r0CtZ92Qp9Z dYZCiAfywmdsGL96KQl+xL6SsWjoQSeqlMv3g= Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:51:38 -0700 From: Dmitry Torokhov To: Mark Lord Cc: Linux Kernel Subject: Re: Regression: ps2mouse not working in 2.6.34 Message-ID: <20100628165138.GD11670@core.coreip.homeip.net> References: <4C28C81E.4010909@teksavvy.com> <4C28CF16.30904@teksavvy.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4C28CF16.30904@teksavvy.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-12-10) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 12:34:30PM -0400, Mark Lord wrote: > On 28/06/10 12:04 PM, 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? > .. > > Mmmm.. the problem started for some people with 2.6.32: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/587134 When did it start for _you_? I really do not know what kernel and patches are in Lucid so I'd much more prefer knowing the vanilla kernel version - I could at least see what has been changed there. Are you also using USB-to-PS/2 converter? Probably if you boot with i8042.debug and post full dmesg we coudl see what is going on there... > > That thread has a suggestion that perhaps > "the kernel fails to properly set the power settings for the PS2 port" > > Whatever that means. :) I have no idea either. -- Dmitry