Re: Of Mice and Linux

Zan Lynx
2003-12-08T20:55:38Z

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On Mon, 2003-12-08 at 11:04, Scott Robert Ladd wrote:
> Please indulge a minor story in regard to testing beta kernels.
>
> Last Friday, I made a minor change to my Linux .config and rebuilt
> 2.6.0-test11. Soon thereafter, my mouse began getting "stuck", sometimes
> for several seconds, refusing to move no matter how vigorously I wiggled
> my wrist.
>
> I rebuilt the kernel a couple of times, turning on and off various
> options; I plugged and unplugged devices from the USB ports; a
> considerable amount of cursing ensued. The problem was erratic -- and
> frustrating, because I hadn't had much trouble with 2.6 (which I've been
> using since the 2.6.4x days).
>
> Then I borrowed a mouse from another machine, plugged it in -- and the
> replacement rodent worked flawlessly. It seems that my mouse broke just
> about the same time as I installed test11. Being a software guy, I
> should have blamed the hardware first...
>
> ...especially since the truth was right in front of me, emblazoned
> boldly across the mouse: the word "Microsoft".
>
> I think the replacement will be from Logitech.

Are you _sure_ your mouse is broken? Did you try your Microsoft mouse
on another machine?

I ask because my Microsoft Intellimouse wireless started doing the same
thing after I installed 2.6.0-test11. I haven't made a bug report
because I haven't had time to bother retrying -test10, removing the
binary Nvidia drivers, and taking out the Reiser4 patches.

But now that you've mentioned the same problem, I'm going to add a "Me
Too!"

And on a different machine, I'm using a Logitech MX700, and it works
perfectly under -test11.
--
Zan Lynx <zlynx@acm.org>

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