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

[Clorden <clorden altern org>]

On Sunday 03 July 2005 15:00, Tom Sightler wrote:
> > The problem was solved in 2.6.11/12 kernels. If you are using a
> > pre-2.6.11 kernel (such as the AS4's 2.6.9-11) you can avoid the mouse
> > going crazy booting with this parameter:
> >
> > psmouse.proto=bare
>
> Uh, I'm pretty sure this code certainly exists in the 2.6.9 kernel in
> RHEL4.  Here are the lines from psmouse-base.c for 2.6.9-11

Yes, sure this code exists in (pre) 2.6.9 ... But the solution to the problem 
appeared only with versions 2.6.11/12: wheels and other additional buttons 
work again using this kernels (obviously *without* passing 
"psmouse.proto=bare" to the kernel itself).

> The thing is, that's not really Ed's problem.  Ed didn't describe any
> issue with his mouse "going crazy", only that his mouse wheel didn't
> work.  Based on the output files he sent me, that's because the kernel
> is detecting only a standard mouse when connected via the KVM.

I see... Ed's KVM behaves differently from mine. But I think the problem could 
be the same with different symptoms. 

> If I did the patch I'd submit it to the upstream kernel and as a RFE for
> RHEL4.  They might not take it, but there's a chance.

I survived without wheel and other fancy mouse stuff since 2.6 on our clients 
(mostly Fedora Core with pre 2.6.11 kernels. Fedora Core 4 obviously is 
unaffected). On the servers we have AS3, but as we are upgrading them to AS4 
the problem becomes more evident. ;)

--Clorden