Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 8 Dec 2003 13:52:03 -0600 | Subject | Re: Of Mice and Linux | From | (Florin Iucha) |
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On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 01:04:11PM -0500, Scott Robert Ladd wrote: > Please indulge a minor story in regard to testing beta kernels. > > Last Friday, I made a minor change to my Linux .config and rebuilt > 2.6.0-test11. Soon thereafter, my mouse began getting "stuck", sometimes > for several seconds, refusing to move no matter how vigorously I wiggled > my wrist. > > I rebuilt the kernel a couple of times, turning on and off various > options; I plugged and unplugged devices from the USB ports; a > considerable amount of cursing ensued. The problem was erratic -- and > frustrating, because I hadn't had much trouble with 2.6 (which I've been > using since the 2.6.4x days). > > Then I borrowed a mouse from another machine, plugged it in -- and the > replacement rodent worked flawlessly. It seems that my mouse broke just > about the same time as I installed test11. Being a software guy, I > should have blamed the hardware first... > > ...especially since the truth was right in front of me, emblazoned > boldly across the mouse: the word "Microsoft". > > I think the replacement will be from Logitech.
Hrm... you might be onto something here. My Microsoft mouse gave up around test-10 or so. Then the USB ports started acting funny on my SIS 745 motherboard...
florin
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