From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752286Ab0F1U6E (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:58:04 -0400 Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.183]:24807 "EHLO ironport2-out.pppoe.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751470Ab0F1U6A (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:58:00 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AsMBAP2pKExLd/sX/2dsb2JhbAAHgxaXErVqkS6BKYMJcgSGZQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.53,499,1272859200"; d="scan'208";a="69071381" Message-ID: <4C290CD7.5030200@teksavvy.com> Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:57:59 -0400 From: Mark Lord User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686 (x86_64); en-GB; rv:1.9.1.10) Gecko/20100512 Thunderbird/3.0.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dmitry Torokhov CC: Linux Kernel Subject: Re: Regression: ps2mouse not working in 2.6.34 References: <4C28C81E.4010909@teksavvy.com> <20100628163350.GA11670@core.coreip.homeip.net> <4C28D96B.6060409@teksavvy.com> <201006281031.32568.dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201006281031.32568.dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 28/06/10 01:31 PM, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > 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 ;( .. I'm beginning to suspect the dongle I was using simply went bad at the same time I upgraded kernels. It no longer works with older stuff either. So.. unfortunate timing of a hardware failure with kernel upgrade. Nothing to see here. Thanks Dmitry!