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From: smoke3 <smoke3@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] PS/2 mouse not working
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 12:30:44
Message-Id: a2bd959505072405265e95e1d6@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] PS/2 mouse not working by Hans-Werner Hilse
1 On 7/24/05, Hans-Werner Hilse <hilse@×××.de> wrote:
2
3 > Hm, OK, it definately _is_ a driver issue then...
4 >
5 > > > * the right PS/2 plug (not that keyboard one...)
6 > > nice joke, but... no!
7 >
8 > Well, seen it before, and I thought to mention it doesn't harm... :-)
9
10 Ok ok! I'm a bit nervous on this mouse marrow...! ;)
11
12 > > "dmesg | grep PS/2" -->
13 > > "PNP: PS/2 Controller... irq 1,12
14 > > mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
15 > > input ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse on isa0060/serio1"
16 >
17 > Hm, OK. So it _is_ recognized then... Maybe the kernel choses a level
18 > that's too high. From kernel docs (kernel-parameters.txt):
19 >
20 > ----snip----
21 > psmouse.proto= [HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
22 > probe for (bare|imps|exps).
23 > psmouse.rate= [HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports
24 > per second.
25 > psmouse.resetafter=
26 > [HW,MOUSE] Try to reset the device after so many bad packets
27 > (0 = never).
28 > ----snip----
29 >
30 I tried all the protocols... I even modified psmouse-base.c in order
31 to get all the abbreviation for protos, but none of them did
32 function...
33
34 I dont' know how to use the latter params!!! Any explaination is appreciated!
35
36 > As a side note, my dmesg reads:
37 > Jul 2 12:59:52 sub00421 input: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse on isa0060/serio1
38 > Last question: Does this mouse work for any (other) linux box? What
39 > does the dmesg read there?
40
41 I'm downloading a knoppix 3.9... i'll upload any result!
42 For now none!
43
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