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Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 22:45:47 +0200
From: Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>
To: jbradford@dial.pipex.com
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Subject: Re: 2.5.X breaks PS/2 mouse
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On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 09:52:26PM +0100, jbradford@dial.pipex.com wrote:
> > > Once booted:
> > > 
> > > Hot plugging either the dedicated trackball or a PS/2 mouse generates a message on connection:
> > 
> > Good, this is expected.
> > 
> > > Just to clarify, I am not trying to use them both at the same time.
> > 
> > Not sure if that would work, it might - depends on the notebook keyboard
> > controller hardware.
> 
> I tried it, and it seems to get really confused - constant stream of seemingly random error messages.
> 
> > > X also works with the external PS/2 mouse,
> > 
> > Good.
> > 
> > > but not the dedicated trackball.
> > 
> > What are the exact symptoms?
> 
> No data at all from it.
> 
> > Does gpm work?
> 
> No.
> 
> > Does cat /dev/psaux work?
> 
> It doesn't say No such device, it just hangs, giving no data for the trackball, but works fine for the generic mouse.
> 
> > Does cat /dev/input/mice work?
> 
> Yes, it does the same as /dev/psaux
> 
> > What does cat /proc/bus/input/devices say in the
> > case it doesn't work? ....
> 
> I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0001 Version=0000
> N: Name="PS/2 Generic Mouse"
> P: Phys=isa0060/serio1/input0
> H: Handlers=mouse0
> B: EV=7
> B: KEY=70000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
> B: REL=3
> 
> That's for both the generic mouse and the trackball.

Ok. Can you try the usual #define I8042_DEBUG_IO in
drivers/input/serio/i8042.h?

-- 
Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs
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