From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263011AbTIVGPV (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Sep 2003 02:15:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263012AbTIVGPV (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Sep 2003 02:15:21 -0400 Received: from yonge.cs.toronto.edu ([128.100.1.8]:26623 "HELO yonge.cs.toronto.edu") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S263011AbTIVGPS (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Sep 2003 02:15:18 -0400 Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 02:15:09 -0400 From: Behdad Esfahbod X-X-Sender: behdad@qew.cs To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.0-test5 problems with DHCP and Synaptics (fwd) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org [Please CC me in replies, if any] On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, John Weber wrote: > > * I just started using Synaptics patch and Synaptics > > driver for XFree86. I have read the synaptics patches carefully > > and they are not doing anything wrote, so the problem should be > > in the kernel itself. The problem is that, when booting up, my > > Synaptics would be detected if the USB mouse is not plugged! and > > would be recognized as a generic PS/2 mouse if the USB mouse is > > plugged! I have tried for around 10 times, and this is the exact > > case. Any ideas? > > I don't use the new driver. I simply use psmouse_noext=1 on the > kernel command line (which disables the new driver) to get the old behavior. I found that since test4 the psmouse_noext=1 is not necessary. BTW, I fixed my problem by compiling psmouse as a module. Loading the module with USB mouse connected works, but the code compiled in the kernel does not. behdad