linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] [input] Sometimes mouse gets detected as PS2++ Logitech Mouse instead of ImPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.0906161142340.7457@wotan.suse.de>
Date:	Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:43:53 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	Paul Menzel <paulepanter@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [BUG] [input] Sometimes mouse gets detected as PS2++ Logitech
 Mouse instead of ImPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse

On Sun, 14 Jun 2009, Paul Menzel wrote:

> > [ added linux-input@ to CC ]
> Maybe the contact address in MAINTAINERS should be set to linux-input@?

I actually wanted to CC Dmitry as well, but forgot to do so.

> > > arbitrarily (I would say every two month) my Logitech Cordless MouseMan
> > > Wheel gets detected as (in dmesg)
> > > 
> > > PS2++ Logitech Mouse
> > > 
> > > instead of
> > > 
> > > ImPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse.
> > It would be nice if you could capture the dmesg output with i8042.debug 
> > command-line from the situation the mouse gets mis-detected. But I 
> > understand that with so low frequency of occurence, that would be a major 
> > pain.
> No problem. The problem has not yet surfaced again. But do I need to
> rebuild Linux or are those debug messages enough?

No rebuilding needed, just booting with i8042.debug is enough. Please 
provide us with the output once the bug triggers again.

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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