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In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "from Gunther Mayer at Apr 8, 2001
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In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "from Gunther Mayer at Apr 8, 2001
10:23:09 pm"
To: Gun
Original Problem: PS/2 mouse pointer goes upper right corner and stays there.
Diagnosis: one byte was lost and this is fatal for the mouse driver.
Various people wrote:
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> On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 05:19:33PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > > > > > > I am experiencing debilitating intermi
On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 05:19:33PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> It's been rumoured that Vojtech Pavlik said:
> > On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 08:31:52PM +0200, Gunther Mayer wrote:
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > > It's been rumoured that Gunther Mayer said:
> > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> The new input psmouse driver can resync when bytes are lost and also
>> shouldn't lose any bytes if there are not transmission problems on the
>> wire. But this is 2.5 stuff.
>
>umm linux kernel 2.5? Umm, given that a stable linux 2.6/3.0 might be
>years away ... and this seems 'minor', wouldn
>So you recommend to connect the mouse to USB (instead of psaux) because
>psaux+Xfree86 are losing bytes under circumstances (e.g. some load
>pattern).
>
>This is a fine solution for users with dual protocol mice, but doesn't
>resolve the problem for other poor ps/2 mouse owners !
You misunderst
It's been rumoured that Vojtech Pavlik said:
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 08:31:52PM +0200, Gunther Mayer wrote:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > It's been rumoured that Gunther Mayer said:
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I am experiencing debilitating intermittent mouse probl
On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 08:31:52PM +0200, Gunther Mayer wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > It's been rumoured that Gunther Mayer said:
> > >
> > > > I am experiencing debilitating intermittent mouse problems & was about
> > > ...
> > > > Symptoms:
> > > > After a long time of flawless oper
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> It's been rumoured that Gunther Mayer said:
> >
> > > I am experiencing debilitating intermittent mouse problems & was about
> > ...
> > > Symptoms:
> > > After a long time of flawless operation (ranging from nearly a week to
> > > as little as five minutes), the X11
James Simmons wrote:
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> >Where can I get your driver?
>
> I attach it to the other posting to this thread. I also have it in CVS at
> http://linuxconsole.sourceforge.net with a bunch of other input drivers.
>
> >> Section "Pointer"
> >> Protocol"ImPS/2"
> >> Device
>Where can I get your driver?
I attach it to the other posting to this thread. I also have it in CVS at
http://linuxconsole.sourceforge.net with a bunch of other input drivers.
>> Section "Pointer"
>> Protocol"ImPS/2"
>> Device "/dev/input/mice"
>
>What is bette
>logitech trackman marble wheel.
>
>send me the driver.
Attached :-) I'm assuming you use the logitech busmouse driver. Logitech
makes many kinds of mice.
>Are you working on getting the thing incorporated
>into xf86? should I pester someone over there about it? should I assume
>that 'everyth
It's been rumoured that James Simmons said:
>
>
> >This is easily explained: some byte of the mouse protocol was lost.
> >(Some mouse protocols are even designed to allow
> >easy resync/recovery by fixed bit patterns!)
> >
> >Write an intelligent mouse driver for XFree86 to compensate for
> >los
James Simmons wrote:
>
> >This is easily explained: some byte of the mouse protocol was lost.
> >(Some mouse protocols are even designed to allow
> >easy resync/recovery by fixed bit patterns!)
> >
> >Write an intelligent mouse driver for XFree86 to compensate for
> >lost bytes.
>
> Or write a k
It's been rumoured that Gunther Mayer said:
>
> > I am experiencing debilitating intermittent mouse problems & was about
> ...
> > Symptoms:
> > After a long time of flawless operation (ranging from nearly a week to
> > as little as five minutes), the X11 pointer flies up to top-right corner,
>
>This is easily explained: some byte of the mouse protocol was lost.
>(Some mouse protocols are even designed to allow
>easy resync/recovery by fixed bit patterns!)
>
>Write an intelligent mouse driver for XFree86 to compensate for
>lost bytes.
Or write a kernel input device driver. In fact I pr
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I am experiencing debilitating intermittent mouse problems & was about
...
> Symptoms:
> After a long time of flawless operation (ranging from nearly a week to
> as little as five minutes), the X11 pointer flies up to top-right corner,
It's been rumoured that Stephen Satchell said:
>
> I'm experiencing the same thing
[...]
> Central problem appears to be the KVM
> switch I'm using. Save yourself the problem.
Am not using a KVM switch, or any cable extenders, etc. The USB-to-PS2
connecter came with the mouse, so I assume it
On Sun, 25 Mar 2001 16:27:37 -0800,
Stephen Satchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm experiencing the same thing with an ASUS P5A-B running a K6-2/266 with
>Linux 2.2.17, and Windows 98. Central problem appears to be the KVM
>switch I'm using. Save yourself the problem.
>
>I had to reboot all
I'm experiencing the same thing with an ASUS P5A-B running a K6-2/266 with
Linux 2.2.17, and Windows 98. Central problem appears to be the KVM
switch I'm using. Save yourself the problem.
I had to reboot all the systems to get regular mouse operation back with
the Logitech.
Satch
At 04:33
Hi,
I am experiencing debilitating intermittent mouse problems & was about
to dive into the kernel to see if I could debug it. But first, I thought
a quick note to the mailing list may help.
Symptoms:
After a long time of flawless operation (ranging from nearly a week to
as little as five m
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