This bug is now fixed in the latest Linux kernel git. Please backport to Lucid and earlier?
commit 6b9d363c49d22395d0cf8729c5963f83cfbb6d69 Author: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torok...@gmail.com> Date: Mon Apr 19 00:42:16 2010 -0700 Input: psmouse - ignore parity error for basic protocols Observing behavior of the other OS it appears that parity errors reported by the keyboard controller are being ignored and the data is processed as usual. Let's do the same for standard PS/2 protocols (bare, Intellimouse and Intellimouse Explorer) to provide better compatibility. Thsi should fix teh following bug: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6105 Thanks for Damjan Jovanovic for locating the source of issue and ideas for the patch. Tested-by: Damjan Jovanovic <damjan....@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <d...@mail.ru> -- [hardy] ps2 mouse erratic - parity errors - lost synchronization errors https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/119194 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs