Re: 2.6.11-rc4-mm1

Dmitry Torokhov
2005-02-25T03:19:10Z

On Thursday 24 February 2005 19:06, J.A. Magallon wrote:
>
> On 02.24, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > On Wednesday 23 February 2005 18:12, Ed Tomlinson wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 23 February 2005 17:38, J.A. Magallon wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On 02.23, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.11-rc4/2.6.11-rc4-mm1/
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > - Various fixes and updates all over the place. Things seem to have slowed
> > > > > down a bit.
> > > > >
> > > > > - Last, final, ultimate call: if anyone has patches in here which are 2.6.11
> > > > > material, please tell me.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Two points:
> > > >
> > > > - I lost my keyboard :(. USB, but plugged into PS/2 with an adapter.
> > >
> > > Mine too. Details sent in another message...
> > >
> >
> > Does i8042.nopnp help?
> >
>
> Yes, that makes things work.
> Even better than ever before, now an USB mouse and a PS/2 logitech
> trackball work fine both at the same time. In console and in X.
> In previous kernels PS/2 was dead or jumped heavily when an usb mouse
> was plugged. The keyboard works both in PS/2 (with adapter) and in USB.
>
> Now a tricky question: the mouse and the trackball move the pointer in X
> at different speeds. Is there any way to tell the kernel they have
> the same DPI ? Or can I tweak the speed/DPI settings for them separately
> to get a more or less similar movement ?
>

You can try changing PS/2 mouse rate and resolution via the following
sysfs attributes:

/sys/bus/serio/devices/serioX/rate
/sys/bus/serio/devices/serioX/resolution

like this:

echo -n "200" > /sys/bus/serio/devices/serio1/resolution

Or you could try setting both mice as separate devices in X...

--
Dmitry