Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 21 Dec 2008 12:56:55 +0200 | From | Anssi Hannula <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.28-rc9: USB Mouse unhappy |
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Parag Warudkar wrote: > On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 1:12 AM, Andrew Morton > <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote: >> You're sure that 2.6.28-rc8 was OK? > > Nope - not sure about 28-rc8. I meant to say some previous 28-rc's > that I tested worked fine - can't recall which ones. it is likely I > missed testing .28-rc8. > >> 2.6.28-rc9 had only a small number of changes. Nothing I can see in >> input or HID. A few USB changes, but pretty specific ones - >> unusual_devs entries and such. >> >> Maybe your mouse has died? Did you retest with an older kernel? >> > I did - rebooting into 2.6.27 (original distro kernel) makes it work again.
This sounds to me like 'usbmouse' gets used instead of 'usbhid' on 2.6.28-rc9. Many users have reported only vertical movement with 'usbmouse'. Better check the kernel configuration, if you had usbmouse disabled in 2.6.27, then disable it with 2.6.28-rc9 as well.
-- Anssi Hannula
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