On 6/21/05, Dimitri Deserranno <dimitri.deserranno@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Thomas, > > Tell me about it. > Everything I read, days and days now, i tried. none of it worked. > I am pretty sure it is a 2.6 kernel issue since 2.4 kernel works just fine. > > I don't consider de-activating wheel and any other features as a solution > either. > > " > I am not flaming, but does anyone know if there is actually going to be > a solution for this? I hate to say this, but it Just Works(TM) in > Windows XP and older versions of Linux. What is it about the 2.6 kernel > that is causing this issue - does anyone know? > " > > http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Kernel/2003-07/0329.html > > This old html depicts the exact same problem I have. > Do you know how he did to fix it? > > Part of message pasted below: > " > > I've found a fix for a problem I was having with the combination > of my Logitech trackball's scrollwheel and my KVM switch. My scroll > wheel would work until I switched away from my Linux desktop; after > switching back, the evbug module reported no events when turning the > wheel. > > According to Belkin, this is because my KVM switch does not > support the Logitech protocol, only the MS Intellimouse one. I > noticed that WinXP had no such problems, so I commented out the section > in psmouse_extensions() that detected Logitech mice. Now my trackball > is detected as a "ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse" and the scroll wheel > always works. > > It would be good to have a parameter that would allow me to force > this mouse to use the ImPS/2 protocol rather than the logitech PS2++; I > probably won't be the last person to have this kind of problem (which > I didn't have with 2.4). > > The following patch makes that parameter: psmouse_imps2. Will you > consider it applying it, or something like it? > " > > > Dimi. > > > > > At 02:54 PM 6/21/2005, you wrote: > > On Tue, 2005-06-21 at 19:07 +0200, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > > Am Di, den 21.06.2005 schrieb Dimitri Deserranno um 18:53: > > > > > It seems there is a bug in kernel 2.6. When using kernel 2.6 along with > a > > > KVM switch, the mouse wheel control is lost after you switch from one > > > system to the next. This did not happen when I was running kernel 2.4. > > > > > > Does anyone know if this is in fact a bug in the kernel, and if a > solution > > > exists? > > > > > Dimi. > > > > http://kerneltrap.org/node/2199 > > ( http://kerneltrap.org/node/2007) > > > > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=123273 > > > > "psmouse.proto=bare" as kernel boot line parameter could help. > > > > Alexander > > I'm intimately familiar with this issue - I have a Belkin KVM and have > screwed with this for too long. :-( > > I see lots of comments on this issue but no real solution (setting my > mouse protocol run in degraded mode is *not* a solution). > > I am not flaming, but does anyone know if there is actually going to be > a solution for this? I hate to say this, but it Just Works(TM) in > Windows XP and older versions of Linux. What is it about the 2.6 kernel > that is causing this issue - does anyone know? > > Thomas > [snip] > > ________________________________ > Dimitri Deserranno, PhD candidate > Research Associate > National Center for Space Exploration Research on Fluids and Combustion > NASA Glenn Research Center > 21000 Brookpark Road, Mail Stop 110-3 > Cleveland, Ohio 44135 > > Tel: (216) 433-3216 > Fax: (216) 433-5033 > Primary E-Mail: dimitri.deserranno@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Secondary E-Mail: dimitri.deserranno@xxxxxxxx > [snip] Did you try changing your mouse setting via Applications -> System Tools -> Hardware Browser ?
