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SubjectRe: 2.5.7[123] PS/2 issues (synaptics mouse and laptop keyboard)
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.

--
Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs, SuSE CR
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