Bug 76828

Summary:	Serial Mouse doesn't respond when starting X in gentoo-sources-2.4.26 r13 and r14
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	gagan
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Gentoo Kernel Bug Wranglers and Kernel Maintainers <kernel>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	critical
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	The config file for gentoo-sources-2.4.26-r14

Description gagan 2005-01-05 15:52:47 UTC

When I start up X using the compiled gentoo-sources-2.4.26 for r13 and r14 my 3 button Logitech Serial mouse doesn't respond.  The mouse responds fine in r8 so it isn't an X configuration problem.  When I go to the console and type in 
cat /dev/ttyS1 
I can see the output when I move the mouse in both r13 and r14.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Compile gentoo-sources using the config file for r8
2.Emerge nvidia-kernel
3.Reboot system with the new kernel

Actual Results:  
The gentoo login screen showed up but the mouse doesn't respond.

Expected Results:  
As the mouse is moved the cursor on the screen should have moved accordingly.

Portage 2.0.51-r3 (default-linux/x86/2004.0, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1,
2.4.26-gentoo-r8 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.4.26-gentoo-r8 i686 Pentium III (Katmai)
Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16
Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r5
Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1
Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.15.90.0.1.1-r3
Headers:  sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.4.21-r1
Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r7
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
COMPILER=""
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config
/usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config
/usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref
/usr/share/config /var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://128.213.5.34/gentoo/ http://gentoo.eliteitminds.com
ftp://mirrors.sec.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/gentoo/
ftp://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/pub/linux/gentoo"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY=""
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="x86 X acl alsa apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups encode esd
fam flac foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 guile imlib
ipv6 java jpeg junit kde ldap libwww mad mikmod motif mozilla mpeg mysql ncurses
nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline samba
sdl slang spell ssl svga tcpd tiff truetype xml xml2 xmms xv zlib"

Comment 1 gagan 2005-01-05 15:54:49 UTC

Created attachment 47738 [details]
The config file for gentoo-sources-2.4.26-r14

Comment 2 gagan 2005-01-06 20:09:12 UTC

After upgrading from XFree86 to XOrg and changing the protocol of the mouse from "Auto" to "Microsoft" the mouse started responding when I rebooted my machine with the r14 kernel.