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Subject: Re: Phantom PS/2 mouse persists..
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2000 20:47:00 -0500
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven N. Hirsch" <shirsch@adelphia.net>
To: "Jeff V. Merkey" <jmerkey@vger.timpanogas.org>
Cc: "Alan Cox" <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>; <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2000 5:42 PM
Subject: Re: Phantom PS/2 mouse persists..


> On Sun, 3 Dec 2000, Jeff V. Merkey wrote:
>
> > > On Sun, Dec 03, 2000 at 06:27:52PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I've fixed the major case. I can see no definitive answer to the
other ghost
> > > > PS/2 stuff (except maybe USB interactions). I take it like the
others 2.4test
> > > > also misreports a PS/2 mouse being present.
> > > >
> > > > Anyway I think its no longer a showstopper for 2.2.18. Someone with
an affected
> > > > board can piece together the picture
>
> > I just tested 2.2.18-24 as a boot kernel with anaconda -- works great --
> > mouse problem on PS/2 system is nailed.
>
> <sigh>  I always seem to own the wierd hardware.  I agree the mouse
> mis-detection isn't a showstopper - just damn annoying.
>
> FWIW, USB isn't compiled into the kernel in question.
>

    Definately could be your hardware.  I once saw a 486 board (PcChips M571
I think) which would report a PS/2 mouse even though the port didn't even
exist on the motherboard.  This problem showed up on all versions of Win9x.
>From what I could tell it appeared as if the BIOS had support for the PS/2
mouse port but the port pins themself had not been saudered onto the board
and for some reason the board alway thaught it had a PS/2 mouse and reported
as so to Windows.

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