Re: 2.4.x WinBookXL mouse & keyboard freeze

Eli (eli@pflash.com)
Wed, 19 Dec 2001 12:54:43 -0600


On Wednesday 19 December 2001 12:33 pm, Eli wrote:
> When running any 2.4.x kernel, if gpm is running, touching the mouse ends
> all keyboard input. Starting X without touching the mouse does the same
> thing. The mouse in this case is the built-in trackpad thing common in
> notebooks. 2.2.x works just fine.
>
> I don't know quite where to start on this... I've tried changing gpm
> configuration, but that doesn't seem to help.
> (I'm running RedHat 7.2.)
>
> Any ideas on where I should start looking?

Ok, I found discussion of this bug here:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=37812

I'll start playing with some of the ideas listed, but I don't see a good
conclusion on it. What kind of a fix would be accepted into the mainline?

TIA,

Eli
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