From: Mark Lord <kernel@teksavvy.com>
To: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>,
Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>,
Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Regression: ps2mouse not working in 2.6.34
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:34:30 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C28CF16.30904@teksavvy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4C28C81E.4010909@teksavvy.com>
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
That thread has a suggestion that perhaps
"the kernel fails to properly set the power settings for the PS2 port"
Whatever that means. :)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-06-28 16:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-06-28 16:04 Regression: ps2mouse not working in 2.6.34 Mark Lord
2010-06-28 16:33 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2010-06-28 17:18 ` Mark Lord
2010-06-28 17:31 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2010-06-28 20:57 ` Mark Lord
2010-06-28 16:34 ` Mark Lord [this message]
2010-06-28 16:51 ` Dmitry Torokhov
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