linux-kernel - Re: 3.7-rc3: mouses stopped working

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Message-ID: <20121116013405.GA2002@elf.ucw.cz>
Date:	Fri, 16 Nov 2012 02:34:05 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
Cc:	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Subject: Re: 3.7-rc3: mouses stopped working

On Thu 2012-11-15 15:10:03, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Nov 2012, Pavel Machek wrote:
> 
> > > > I'm using thinkpad x60 with external USB mouse. On first boot, both
> > > > mice stopped working after minute-or-so in X. Lets see if it breaks on
> > > > the next boot, too..
> > > > 
> > > > USB keyboard still works, and dmesg seems to contain repeated
> > > > detections of USB mouse. But unplugging USB mouse does not bring
> > > > internal trackpoint to work, so...
> > > > 
> > > > Any ideas?
> > > 
> > > Does the dmesg also contain information regarding disconnection of the 
> > > mouse before it stopped working?
> > 
> > See the other mail, /dev/input/mice is not working.
> > 
> > And yes, mouse seems to be detected multiple times; it may have
> > happened before, with /dev/input/mice I would not notice.
> > 
> > dmesg attached.
> 
> If you have mouse that is buggy and periodically 
> disconnecting/reconnecting itself, you need commit df0cfd6990347c, which 
> went into 3.7-rc5 (it's a regression fix from -rc1).

I have -rc5 now, and still no mice for me.

root@amd:/tmp# uname -a
Linux amd 3.7.0-rc5+ #236 SMP Thu Nov 15 20:07:26 CET 2012 i686 GNU/Linux
root@amd:/tmp# cat /dev/input/mice
cat: /dev/input/mice: No such device or address
root@amd:/tmp# ls -al /dev/input/mice
crw-rw---- 1 root root 13, 63 Apr 25  2010 /dev/input/mice
root@amd:/tmp# 

										Pavel
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