Re: Really annoying bug in the mouse driver

[Victor Hahn]

Dmitry Torokhov wrote:

> It still complains in dmesg about throwing away bytes, right? Please try
> loading the box some more to make sure mouse survives some abuse.
>  

No, it doesn't. The only message I still get is the one below. I've 
tried it with aprox. 90% CPU usage already and I didn't have any 
additional problems.

> > kernel: psmouse.c: bad data from KBC - bad parity
> >    
> Your keyboard controller reported that the byte transmitted from the mouse
> was mangled somehow and we should not trust it. I am not sure why it would
> make mouse jump.. was there any mention of "reconnect" in the logs? Did it
> happen just once?

It happened once when I was at the computer and several times while I 
wasn't. There's no "reconnect" in the logs:

victor@vic:~$ cat /var/log/messages | grep reconnect
victor@vic:~$ 

Regards,
Victor
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