Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 26 Jun 2003 23:15:32 +0200 | From | Vojtech Pavlik <> | Subject | Re: 2.5.7[123] PS/2 issues (synaptics mouse and laptop keyboard) |
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On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 11:46:23AM -0500, Brandon Low wrote: > Afternoon kernel-gurus :) > > Every 2.5 kernel since 2.5.70-mm9 that I have tried to use has failed to > work properly. > The primary issue is as mentioned elsewhere that the synaptics touchpad > simply doesn't work when psmouse is loaded. The psmouse_noext option > results in behaviour worse than the old default where no tap-to-click > works at all. > > However, there are other issues with the new ps/2 code, the keyboard > appears to get interrupt stormed at sometimes (or something) and I find > that letters either appear repeated (once for each keystroke after the > offending letter) or the keyboard response rate drops so low that I have > to type like a hunt-and-pecker in order to ensure that all of my > characters are captured. > > I am up for any troubleshooting projects you wish to send me on, but I > don't know enough about kernel drivers to hunt down these issues in the > ps/2 code myself.
There is this nice and easy #define DEBUG in drivers/input/serio/i8042.c. Reproduce the problem and send me the relevant part of the log. I'll look into it.
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