Re: Scroll Wheel not working in v4... [Solved...sort of]

[Ed Greshko <Ed Greshko greshko com>]

Tom,

> Well, I have no doubt that is "a" answer, but I'm not sure it's "the"
> answer.  It still looks like a kernel bug to me, or a least a missing
> feature.
> 
> It's quite obvious that the kernel is misidentifying the capabilities of
> the mouse, possibly because the KVM doesn't properly report them.  That
> means it's true that it's a KVM bug, but I still think the kernel should
> have a way to override the probed type and force it to use the protocol
> specified on the command line.

Possibly/Probably.  But then wouldn't that require a bit of work every
time RH releases a kernel update?

> Oh well, at least your immediate problem is solved.  I may see if I can
> reproduce this problem with one of the old Belkin KVM's we have lying
> around the office.  If so, it's probably easy to write up a patch to
> allow a "proto=force" option to the mouse driver.

It actually solved 2 problems.  I got a smaller KVM switch.  :-)

I'd send you my known failing case...but the postage may not be worth it.

Thanks,
Ed


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