Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 2 Nov 2001 14:52:00 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 2 Nov 2001 14:51:41 -0500 Received: from chaos.analogic.com ([204.178.40.224]:2432 "EHLO chaos.analogic.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 2 Nov 2001 14:51:34 -0500 Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 14:51:25 -0500 (EST) From: "Richard B. Johnson" Reply-To: root@chaos.analogic.com To: Ian Stirling cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Diagnosing dead mice. In-Reply-To: <200111021921.TAA00792@mauve.demon.co.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2 Nov 2001, Ian Stirling wrote: > I've recently bought a new PS/2 scrolmouse, for the princely sum of $2. > > It doesn't work when plugged into my laptop, and occasionally > generates "unknown scancode" and random keys when used. > > It's a "Browser Mouse" FCC ID: IOWCM-B700 > > Is there any logging tool I can use to debug PS2 problems? In the early '80s, IBM published an official report about cleaning mice balls. Dead mice are a different problem, though, because dirty mice balls are not known to be fatal. ;^) od -xa /dev/mouse should show you the mouse-stuff. Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.4.1 on an i686 machine (799.53 BogoMips). I was going to compile a list of innovations that could be attributed to Microsoft. Once I realized that Ctrl-Alt-Del was handled in the BIOS, I found that there aren't any. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/