Re: [2.6.3] Mouse loosing sync (again)

[Kronos]

Il Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 10:23:46PM +0100, Vojtech Pavlik ha scritto: 
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 10:08:01PM +0100, Kronos wrote:
> 
> > > > These happened while surfing web with little activity on eth0 and while disks
> > > > were almost idle (-u1 is set on both of them). Using vmstat I see that
> > > > I'm getting around 1300 interrupts per second while moving mouse (less
> > > > than 1100 while doing nothing), so I don't think that there's something 
> > > > spinning in ISR for too long.
> > > > 
> > > > Problem first appeared in 2.6.2, 2.6.1 is unaffected. I see that in
> > > > 2.6.3 there's a patch which is supposed to fix this, but it still
> > > > happens for me.
> > > > 
> > > > Any clue?
> > > 
> > > The bad parity messages definitely suggest a problem with the mouse
> > > cable - either too long or broken.
> > 
> > Hum, but why does it work with older kernels? If I boot with 2.6.1 it
> > works without problems.
> 
> 2.6.1 ignores bad parity in mouse data.

Oh, I see. Thanks for the clarification, I'll try and see if I can
reproduce with another mouse.

Luca
-- 
Home: http://kronoz.cjb.net
"L'ottimista pensa che questo sia il migliore dei mondi possibili. 
 Il pessimista sa che e` vero" -- J. Robert Oppenheimer
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/