Re: Of Mice and Linux

[Florin Iucha]

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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