psmouse.c resync failed -- locks system

[Andy Baumhauer]

I have tried all types of changes to the boot string:

noapic
apic=force irqpoll
nohz=off highres=off
...
...

Nothing fixes the problem.  I tried without the nvidia drivers from 
livna.  I finally tried booting to the LiveCD and the problem 
disappeared.  It was then I realized that the kernel version was 
2.6.23.1-42 versus the 2.6.24.3-33 I was running.  I reinstalled the 
older kernel from the install disk, and the problem has gone away.

What might have changed from the .23 to .24 kernel that is causing this 
freeze of the mouse?

One other observation:  The laptop has both a pointer and mouse 
left/right on the keyboard, and a glidepad with left/right mouse 
buttons.  Some of the kernel messages indicate that the reconnect 
messages are incrementing the input locations.  I was reading some of 
the source code changes, and I came across a patch that was supposed to 
keep the input from changing device nodes during a reconnect.

At boot:

input: PS/2 Mouse as /devices/virtual/input/input2
input: AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint as 
/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input3

Then later on, after reconnect:

input: PS/2 Mouse as /devices/virtual/input/input13
input: AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint as 
/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input14

Thanks for any insights,

Andrew Baumhauer