From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265403AbUBASXm (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Feb 2004 13:23:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265405AbUBASXm (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Feb 2004 13:23:42 -0500 Received: from out004pub.verizon.net ([206.46.170.142]:3494 "EHLO out004.verizon.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265403AbUBASXk (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Feb 2004 13:23:40 -0500 From: Gene Heskett Reply-To: gene.heskett@verizon.net Organization: Organization: None, detectable by casual observers To: joshk@triplehelix.org, Vojtech Pavlik , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org Subject: Re: 2.6 input drivers FAQ Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 13:23:37 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.6 References: <20040201100644.GA2201@ucw.cz> <20040201163136.GF11391@triplehelix.org> In-Reply-To: <20040201163136.GF11391@triplehelix.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200402011323.37900.gene.heskett@verizon.net> X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out004.verizon.net from [151.205.53.166] at Sun, 1 Feb 2004 12:23:39 -0600 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sunday 01 February 2004 11:31, Joshua Kwan wrote: >On Sun, Feb 01, 2004 at 11:06:44AM +0100, Vojtech Pavlik wrote: >> I'm getting double clicks when I click only once. > >I get these spuriously and i'm using only /dev/input/mice in my > config flie. In years past, the mouse double-click for a single click syndrome was caused by the pushbutton switch in the mouse becoming unsoldered, as in a microscopic crack in the solder you had to use a strong glass to see around the switches pin in the puddle of solder. Holding the switch solidly against the board and resoldering fixed it right up. Not for folks who don't know which end of the soldering iron gets hot... What was happening is that the switch would close and send the event, but the finger then pushed the switch down against the board anotheer thousandth, causeing the pin to rise slightly on the bottom of the board, breaking the solder connection, which sent that event as a button rise, and the situation was then reversed as the finger came back up, giving 2 full clicks for one push. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.22% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attornies please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.