linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.24: false double-clicks from USB mouse

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Date:	Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:24:48 -0500
From:	Mark Lord <lkml@....ca>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
Cc:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	rubini@...ion.unipv.it, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.24:  false double-clicks from USB mouse

Jiri Kosina wrote:
> On Sun, 2 Dec 2007, Mark Lord wrote:
> 
>>> Here's a *single* button click (press/release quickly):
>>> Event: time 1196621063.612542, type 1 (Key), code 272 (LeftBtn), value 1
>>> Event: time 1196621063.612553, type 0 (Reset), code 0 (Reset), value 0
>>> Event: time 1196621063.620504, type 1 (Key), code 272 (LeftBtn), value 0
>>> Event: time 1196621063.620512, type 0 (Reset), code 0 (Reset), value 0
>>> Event: time 1196621063.628497, type 1 (Key), code 272 (LeftBtn), value 1
>>> Event: time 1196621063.628502, type 0 (Reset), code 0 (Reset), value 0
>>> Event: time 1196621063.684524, type 1 (Key), code 272 (LeftBtn), value 0
>>> Event: time 1196621063.684531, type 0 (Reset), code 0 (Reset), value 0
>>> Event: time 1196621063.700532, type 1 (Key), code 272 (LeftBtn), value 1
>>> Event: time 1196621063.700538, type 0 (Reset), code 0 (Reset), value 0
>>> Event: time 1196621063.764540, type 1 (Key), code 272 (LeftBtn), value 0
>>> Event: time 1196621063.764550, type 0 (Reset), code 0 (Reset), value 0
>> ..
> 
> Thanks. This definitely is bogus. In fact three clicks are reported.
> 
>> Note that, much of the time, a single mouse click looks like this:
>> Event: time 1196621357.073485, type 1 (Key), code 272 (LeftBtn), value 1
>> Event: time 1196621357.073494, type 0 (Reset), code 0 (Reset), value 0
>> Event: time 1196621357.201482, type 1 (Key), code 272 (LeftBtn), value 0
>> Event: time 1196621357.201492, type 0 (Reset), code 0 (Reset), value 0
> 
> Yes, this is correct.
> 
>> This information may also be relevant:
>> The mouse is plugged into a USB2 hub, and appears as IRQ19:
>> 19:      34776          0   IO-APIC-fasteoi   uhci_hcd:usb1, ehci_hcd:usb5
> 
> Just a random shot into the dark -- if you remove the ehci-hcd module, 
> does anything change?
..

No, just as jumpy as ever.

Right now it's double-clicking just about everything.
If I unplug/replug it, things behave for a while.

Still want the HID_DEBUG output?  (rebooting shortly)


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