Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 7 Oct 2002 14:42:50 +0200 | From | Vojtech Pavlik <> | Subject | Re: 2.5.X breaks PS/2 mouse |
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On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 01:46:20PM +0100, jbradford@dial.pipex.com wrote: > > > Pressing the left button, then the right button, (this is complete, and follows the above immediately): > > > > > > i8042.c: 01 <- i8042 (interrupt, aux, 12) [230409] > > > i8042.c: 00 <- i8042 (interrupt, aux, 12) [230410] > > > i8042.c: 00 <- i8042 (interrupt, aux, 12) [230411] > > > i8042.c: 00 <- i8042 (interrupt, aux, 12) [230548] > > > i8042.c: 00 <- i8042 (interrupt, aux, 12) [230552] > > > i8042.c: 00 <- i8042 (interrupt, aux, 12) [230554] > > > i8042.c: 02 <- i8042 (interrupt, aux, 12) [231505] > > > i8042.c: 00 <- i8042 (interrupt, aux, 12) [231506] > > > i8042.c: 00 <- i8042 (interrupt, aux, 12) [231507] > > > i8042.c: 00 <- i8042 (interrupt, aux, 12) [231694] > > > i8042.c: 00 <- i8042 (interrupt, aux, 12) [231695] > > > i8042.c: 00 <- i8042 (interrupt, aux, 12) [231696] > > > > > > So, it definitely seems to be sending data to the port... Strange... > > > > It must work. I'm really wondering why it doesn't. What happens when you > > load the 'evbug' module? > > I can't very easily - the kernel on the machine doesn't have kernel module support enabled, and with 4MB RAM, it's really painfully slow to work with if I use a kernel with modules enabled. If there is no other way to debug it, I can try, but it's a last resort :-)
Do you have 'evdev' (Event interface) compiled in? It'd be a replacement for evbug ...
> Something that occurred to me, and I could be totally wrong here, but > is it possible that the trackball is being detected as a "generic > mouse" when it isn't one?
Most likely (95%) it behaves a generic ps/2 mouse. After all, it seems to send generic ps/2 data. Why the data isn't getting through, is the question.
> I tried connecting the generic mouse, disconnecting it, and then > connecting the trackball, and saw in dmesg that some kind of handshake > was going on. This was completely different for mouse and trackball. > Would it be any use to post this output?
If it was different, then definitely!
> If the evbug module is the only way to go, I'll try it, but it'll > probably take me the rest of the day, (seriously) :-).
Let's try other ways before that.
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