Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 21:52:23 -0600
From: Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca>
Subject: Re: ImExPS/2 status
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James E. Jennison wrote:
> Hey everyone...this is my first posting here, and I may not be going about 
> this the right way so please forgive me if I am not.  I had a question 
> regarding the status of the code for the ImExPS/2 style mice.
> 
> I currently have a Nexxtech NXX200 PS/2 Optical Wheel Mouse, running kernel 
> 2.6.13.4.  I noticed that prior to the 2.6.x.x series (whilst in the 2.4.x.x 
> series (I was stubborn)), that my mouse was working fine.
> 
> Now, however,if I plug my mouse in, the optical light comes on for perhaps 
> half a second, and the mouse goes dark.  The second thing that happens is if 
> you click either button, or move/click the scrollwheel, the cursor will go to 
> the upper right hand corner of the screen to where you only see a small 
> fraction of it.  This happens in both console mode and in graphical.

Does this also happen if the mouse is plugged in when powering up the 
machine? PS/2 devices are not really designed to be hot-plugged.

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