From: florin@iucha.net (Florin Iucha)
To: Scott Robert Ladd <coyote@coyotegulch.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Of Mice and Linux
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 13:52:03 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031208195203.GB28031@iucha.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3FD4BD1B.1060708@coyotegulch.com>
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On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 01:04:11PM -0500, Scott Robert Ladd wrote:
> Please indulge a minor story in regard to testing beta kernels.
>
> Last Friday, I made a minor change to my Linux .config and rebuilt
> 2.6.0-test11. Soon thereafter, my mouse began getting "stuck", sometimes
> for several seconds, refusing to move no matter how vigorously I wiggled
> my wrist.
>
> I rebuilt the kernel a couple of times, turning on and off various
> options; I plugged and unplugged devices from the USB ports; a
> considerable amount of cursing ensued. The problem was erratic -- and
> frustrating, because I hadn't had much trouble with 2.6 (which I've been
> using since the 2.6.4x days).
>
> Then I borrowed a mouse from another machine, plugged it in -- and the
> replacement rodent worked flawlessly. It seems that my mouse broke just
> about the same time as I installed test11. Being a software guy, I
> should have blamed the hardware first...
>
> ...especially since the truth was right in front of me, emblazoned
> boldly across the mouse: the word "Microsoft".
>
> I think the replacement will be from Logitech.
Hrm... you might be onto something here. My Microsoft mouse gave up
around test-10 or so. Then the USB ports started acting funny on my
SIS 745 motherboard...
florin
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-12-08 19:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-12-08 18:04 Of Mice and Linux Scott Robert Ladd
2003-12-08 19:52 ` Florin Iucha [this message]
2003-12-08 20:56 ` Scott Robert Ladd
2003-12-08 22:12 ` [OT] " Wakko Warner
2003-12-09 1:43 ` Joshua Kwan
2003-12-08 20:55 ` Zan Lynx
2003-12-09 13:35 ` Scott Robert Ladd
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