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On Sat, 2003-12-27 at 11:22, Horror Vacui wrote: |
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> On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 10:59:35 -0600 |
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> Steven wrote: |
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> > My 2.6.0 problems so far are: |
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> > * I have a KVM that doesn't support mouse and keyboard emulation. When |
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> > I switch away from Linux and then come back the mouse cursor goes |
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> > crazy. Fine enough because I use gpm in repeater mode, have X reading |
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> > /dev/gpmdata and use a keyboard sequence to restart gpm for me; |
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> > however; under 2.6.0 restarting gpm doesn't help. The mouse cursor |
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> > still goes crazy and the kernel reports "psmouse.c: Wheel Mouse at |
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> > isa0060/serio1/input0 lost synchronization, throwing 2 bytes away." |
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> Hm, I think I read something about this kind of thing in a description |
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> on www.kernelnewbies.org (IIRC it's called "what to expect from 2.6). It |
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> might be a clue. |
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From |
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http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/davej/misc/post-halloween-2.6.txt: |
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Input layer. |
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<snip> |
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- If you use a KVM switcher, and experience problems, booting with the boot |
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time argument 'psmouse_noext' should fix your problems. |
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I will try this out and see if it works. Thanks for the pointer to Kernel Newbies. |
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