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Message-ID: <494E20F7.7050106@gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 21 Dec 2008 12:56:55 +0200
From:	Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula@...il.com>
To:	Parag Warudkar <parag.lkml@...il.com>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.28-rc9: USB Mouse unhappy

Parag Warudkar wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 1:12 AM, Andrew Morton
> <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>> You're sure that 2.6.28-rc8 was OK?
> 
> Nope - not sure about 28-rc8. I meant to say some previous 28-rc's
> that I tested worked fine - can't recall which ones. it is likely I
> missed testing .28-rc8.
> 
>> 2.6.28-rc9 had only a small number of changes.  Nothing I can see in
>> input or HID.  A few USB changes, but pretty specific ones -
>> unusual_devs entries and such.
>>
>> Maybe your mouse has died?  Did you retest with an older kernel?
>>
> I did - rebooting into 2.6.27 (original distro kernel) makes it work again.

This sounds to me like 'usbmouse' gets used instead of 'usbhid' on
2.6.28-rc9. Many users have reported only vertical movement with
'usbmouse'. Better check the kernel configuration, if you had usbmouse
disabled in 2.6.27, then disable it with 2.6.28-rc9 as well.

-- 
Anssi Hannula
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