mouse: kernel 2.6.6 - 2.6.8 ???
What broke? What changed? I have been running 2.6x kernels on this legacy PPro box for most of this year -- first kernel-image-2.6.2-1-686, then kernel-image-2.6.6-2-686 -- without incident. Today, the only change I made was to install these: kernel-doc-2.6.8 kernel-headers-2.6.8-1-686 kernel-image-2.6.8-1-686 When I boot into this, the mouse cursor moves; but, is totally insane ; It gravitates to the left side of the screen, near randomly opens menus, and randomly selects menu items, and moves icons to different locations on the screen -- basically, there is no chance to function normally in KDE v3.2x. I have disabled gpm -- no change. # grep mouse /etc/modules mousedev psmouse .From /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 : Section InputDevice Identifier Configured Mouse Driver mouse Option CorePointer Option Device/dev/psaux Option Protocol ImPS/2 Option Emulate3Buttons true Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Generic Mouse Driver mouse Option SendCoreEventstrue # Option Device/dev/input/mice Option Device/dev/psaux Option Protocol ImPS/2 Option Emulate3Buttons true Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 EndSection Which brings up another question: How do I get a /dev/input/ ??? This box has been upgraded since Slink, and it has *no* /dev/input/ ; Anyway, what ought I to check? I have googled, and scoured debian archives. Mine is not any of the slew of mouse problems that I have found there. Reverting to kernel-image-2.6.6-2-686 -- the mouse is working as expected. What do you think? -- Best Regards, helices - Dare to fix things before they break . . . - Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . -- signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: mouse: kernel 2.6.6 - 2.6.8 ???
On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 12:01:11PM -0500, helices wrote: What broke? What changed? I have been running 2.6x kernels on this legacy PPro box for most of this year -- first kernel-image-2.6.2-1-686, then kernel-image-2.6.6-2-686 -- without incident. Today, the only change I made was to install these: kernel-doc-2.6.8 kernel-headers-2.6.8-1-686 kernel-image-2.6.8-1-686 When I boot into this, the mouse cursor moves; but, is totally insane ; It gravitates to the left side of the screen, near randomly opens menus, and randomly selects menu items, and moves icons to different locations on the screen -- basically, there is no chance to function normally in KDE v3.2x. I have disabled gpm -- no change. # grep mouse /etc/modules mousedev psmouse .From /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 : Section InputDevice Identifier Configured Mouse Driver mouse Option CorePointer Option Device/dev/psaux Option Protocol ImPS/2 Option Emulate3Buttons true Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Generic Mouse Driver mouse Option SendCoreEventstrue # Option Device/dev/input/mice Option Device/dev/psaux Option Protocol ImPS/2 Option Emulate3Buttons true Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 EndSection Which brings up another question: How do I get a /dev/input/ ??? This box has been upgraded since Slink, and it has *no* /dev/input/ ; ~ %% ls /dev/input -l total 0 crw-rw1 root root 13, 64 Mar 14 2002 event0 crw-rw1 root root 13, 65 Mar 14 2002 event1 crw-rw1 root root 13, 66 Mar 14 2002 event2 crw-rw1 root root 13, 67 Mar 14 2002 event3 crw-rw1 root root 13, 0 Mar 14 2002 js0 crw-rw1 root root 13, 1 Mar 14 2002 js1 crw-rw1 root root 13, 2 Mar 14 2002 js2 crw-rw1 root root 13, 3 Mar 14 2002 js3 crw-rw1 root root 13, 63 Mar 14 2002 mice crw-rw1 root root 13, 32 Mar 14 2002 mouse0 crw-rw1 root root 13, 33 Mar 14 2002 mouse1 crw-rw1 root root 13, 34 Mar 14 2002 mouse2 crw-rw1 root root 13, 35 Mar 14 2002 mouse3 ~ %% mknod away. Anyway, what ought I to check? I have googled, and scoured debian archives. Mine is not any of the slew of mouse problems that I have found there. Reverting to kernel-image-2.6.6-2-686 -- the mouse is working as expected. What do you think? If you need 2.6.8-1 and need X, comment out both pointers, start X with the -allowMouseOpenFail option, then hit Shift-NumLock and use MouseKeys. 12346789 - directions 5 - click 0 - press . - release /*- - change button all on numkeypad -- The world's most effective spam filter: ln -sf /dev/full /var/mail/$USER -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: mouse: kernel 2.6.6 - 2.6.8 ???
* Stefan O'Rear [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004:09:20:16:02:59-0700] scribed: On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 12:01:11PM -0500, helices wrote: What broke? What changed? I have been running 2.6x kernels on this legacy PPro box for most of this year -- first kernel-image-2.6.2-1-686, then kernel-image-2.6.6-2-686 -- without incident. Today, the only change I made was to install these: kernel-doc-2.6.8 kernel-headers-2.6.8-1-686 kernel-image-2.6.8-1-686 When I boot into this, the mouse cursor moves; but, is totally insane ; snip / This box has been upgraded since Slink, and it has *no* /dev/input/ ; ~ %% ls /dev/input -l total 0 crw-rw1 root root 13, 64 Mar 14 2002 event0 crw-rw1 root root 13, 65 Mar 14 2002 event1 crw-rw1 root root 13, 66 Mar 14 2002 event2 crw-rw1 root root 13, 67 Mar 14 2002 event3 crw-rw1 root root 13, 0 Mar 14 2002 js0 crw-rw1 root root 13, 1 Mar 14 2002 js1 crw-rw1 root root 13, 2 Mar 14 2002 js2 crw-rw1 root root 13, 3 Mar 14 2002 js3 crw-rw1 root root 13, 63 Mar 14 2002 mice crw-rw1 root root 13, 32 Mar 14 2002 mouse0 crw-rw1 root root 13, 33 Mar 14 2002 mouse1 crw-rw1 root root 13, 34 Mar 14 2002 mouse2 crw-rw1 root root 13, 35 Mar 14 2002 mouse3 ~ %% mknod away. O, cool ; Yes, of course, I can do this. Is this the official Debian upgrade path? More to the point, is /dev/input/ *necessary*? Is there some package that, when upgraded, automatically creates these vital devices? snip / If you need 2.6.8-1 and need X, comment out both pointers, start X with the -allowMouseOpenFail option, then hit Shift-NumLock and use MouseKeys. 12346789 - directions 5 - click 0 - press . - release /*- - change button all on numkeypad snip / Wow, another profound solution! Thank you, thank you, thank you . . . Am I experiencing something b0rk3n in Debian, the kernel, or just some idiosyncrasy on my old box? Although, I recognize the possibilities inherent in these remarkable suggestions, I would rather have a fully functioning system. After scouring many resources to see what others have done in this situation, I found none, and turned to this list. What is the root cause of my problem? What do you think? -- Best Regards, helices - Dare to fix things before they break . . . - Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . -- signature.asc Description: Digital signature
mouse: kernel 2.6.6 - 2.6.8 ???
What broke? What changed? I have been running 2.6x kernels on this legacy PPro box for most of this year -- first kernel-image-2.6.2-1-686, then kernel-image-2.6.6-2-686 -- without incident. Today, the only change I made was to install these: kernel-doc-2.6.8 kernel-headers-2.6.8-1-686 kernel-image-2.6.8-1-686 When I boot into this, the mouse cursor moves; but, is totally insane ; It gravitates to the left side of the screen, near randomly opens menus, and randomly selects menu items, and moves icons to different locations on the screen -- basically, there is no chance to function normally in KDE v3.2x. I have disabled gpm -- no change. # grep mouse /etc/modules mousedev psmouse .From /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 : Section InputDevice Identifier Configured Mouse Driver mouse Option CorePointer Option Device/dev/psaux Option Protocol ImPS/2 Option Emulate3Buttons true Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Generic Mouse Driver mouse Option SendCoreEventstrue # Option Device/dev/input/mice Option Device/dev/psaux Option Protocol ImPS/2 Option Emulate3Buttons true Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 EndSection Which brings up another question: How do I get a /dev/input/ ??? This box has been upgraded since Slink, and it has *no* /dev/input/ ; Anyway, what ought I to check? I have googled, and scoured debian archives. Mine is not any of the slew of mouse problems that I have found there. Reverting to kernel-image-2.6.6-2-686 -- the mouse is working as expected. What do you think? -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 877.596.8237 - Dare to fix things before they break . . . - Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . -- signature.asc Description: Digital signature
