Bug 14264

Summary: ehci problem - mouse dead on scroll
Product: Drivers Reporter: Rafael J. Wysocki (rjw)
Component: USBAssignee: Greg Kroah-Hartman (greg)
Status: CLOSED INVALID    
Severity: normal    
Priority: P1    
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Kernel Version: 2.6.31 Subsystem:
Regression: Yes Bisected commit-id:
Bug Depends on:    
Bug Blocks: 13615    

Description Rafael J. Wysocki 2009-09-29 22:28:34 UTC
Subject    : 2.6.31 ehci problem - mouse dead on scroll
Submitter  : Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>
Date       : 2009-09-12 7:46
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125274202707893&w=4
Handled-By : Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Notify-Also : Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>

This entry is being used for tracking a regression from 2.6.30.  Please don't
close it until the problem is fixed in the mainline.
Comment 1 Rafael J. Wysocki 2009-10-13 20:37:50 UTC
On Tuesday 13 October 2009, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> On Dienstag 13 Oktober 2009, Alan Stern wrote:
> > On Mon, 12 Oct 2009, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report
> > > of regressions introduced between 2.6.30 and 2.6.31.
> > >
> > > The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions
> > > introduced between 2.6.30 and 2.6.31.  Please verify if it still should
> > > be listed and let me know (either way).
> > >
> > >
> > > Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14264
> > > Subject           : ehci problem - mouse dead on scroll
> > > Submitter : Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>
> > > Date              : 2009-09-12 7:46 (30 days old)
> > > References        :
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125274202707893&w=4
> > > Handled-By        : Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
> > 
> > This is probably a hardware problem in the mouse or the Logitech
> > receiver.  It affected both EHCI and OHCI, and it was not reproducible
> > with a different mouse.  But Volker hasn't reported any results since
> > the end of September.
> > 
> > Volker, another good test would be to try plugging your mouse into
> > someone else's computer.
> > 
> > Alan Stern
> > 
> 
> yeah, that is a problem - I am pretty 'alone' in regard of linux users. I
> know 
> very few, and they have either only servers without X or run some stable 
> distributions with old kernels.
> 
> It is probably hardware related. I have tried two other mice and both were
> ok. 
> Both had a lesser resolution and were slower, but that shouldn't make any 
> difference.
> 
> I wanted to try some of the 32-rcs to see if they make any difference but the 
> reiser4 for 2.6.31 patch does not result in a buildable kernel anymore,
> thanks 
> to changes in writeback.h. So all I can say is:
> 2.6.31 is ok with the logitech, using ehci+hub+Translator settings and that
> is 
> good enough for me.
> every other mouse is ok with either ohci or attached to the hub.