From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262096AbVFHEjJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Jun 2005 00:39:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262100AbVFHEjI (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Jun 2005 00:39:08 -0400 Received: from linux.dunaweb.hu ([62.77.196.1]:22978 "EHLO linux.dunaweb.hu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262096AbVFHEjD (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Jun 2005 00:39:03 -0400 Message-ID: <42A67A2B.50600@freemail.hu> Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 06:55:07 +0200 From: Zoltan Boszormenyi User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2-1.3.3 (X11/20050513) X-Accept-Language: hu-hu, hu, en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Vojtech Pavlik Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Mousedev or hiddev problem, was: Re: USB mice do not work on 2.6.12-rc5-git9, -rc5-mm1, -rc5-mm2 References: <42A2A0B2.7020003@freemail.hu> <42A2A657.9060803@freemail.hu> <20050605001001.3e441076.akpm@osdl.org> <42A2BC4B.5060605@freemail.hu> <42A2CF27.8000806@freemail.hu> <42A3176F.9030307@freemail.hu> <42A4B328.1010400@freemail.hu> <42A4C85F.2040509@freemail.hu> <20050607053943.GA1778@ucw.cz> In-Reply-To: <20050607053943.GA1778@ucw.cz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Vojtech Pavlik írta: > On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 12:04:15AM +0200, Zoltan Boszormenyi wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>Zoltan Boszormenyi írta: >> >>>All the -bk7+ kernels I tried produced the same strange bug >>>on my system: after gpm started I was able to move the >>>pointer on the screen but when X started up, it's pointer froze. >> >>it turned out that there is nothing wrong with USB on my system. >> >>But someone broke the /dev/input/mouseX <-> USB mouse interaction >>in 2.6.11-bk7 and my two-headed system with two X servers were >>manually set up to use the distinct mouse devices so the two heads >>do not interfere. >> >>No wonder gpm works, it reads /dev/input/mice. Starting only >>one X and using /dev/input/mice I found no problems. Setting it >>back to /dev/input/mouse0, the mouse pointer is dead again. >> >>Someone deserves a mousebite... > > > Most likely it's because the keyboards are now identified as having > mouse capabilities, too, and changing the numbers. Check > /proc/bus/input/devices. Thanks for the enlightenment, now I have to use /dev/input/mouse2 and mouse3 for the two X servers. BTW, where is it documented? Was it this changeset? input: Fix keyboard scrollwheel support, add horizontal wheel support, and enable both by default. Signed-off-by: Vojtech Pavlik Best regards, Zoltán Böszörményi