Bug 17266 - mouse: erratic jumping, clicking
Summary: mouse: erratic jumping, clicking
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: kernel
Version: 7.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Alan Cox
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2000-09-05 22:00 UTC by Need Real Name
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2002-12-15 01:35:29 UTC
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example mouse fix for Compaq 16xx series notebooks (24.01 KB, text/plain)
2000-09-05 22:04 UTC, Need Real Name 		no flags Details
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Description Need Real Name 2000-09-05 22:00:40 UTC 
Summary:  Mouse operation erratic including random jumping
and clicking operations during mouse movement.
Tested in both KDE and Gnome on Pinstripe beta.

Hardware platform is Compaq Presario 16xx series notebooks.
Simple patch to /usr/src/linux/drivers/char/pc_keyb.c
has been known for some time and should be incorporated
into the main distribution to fix this issue.
Doc on the issue is, as well as modified pc_keyb.c
is at URL
http://www.delanoscientific.com/cpq1675.html
Comment 1 Need Real Name 2000-09-05 22:04:48 UTC 
Created attachment 3258 [details]
example mouse fix for Compaq 16xx series notebooks
Comment 2 Alan Cox 2000-09-15 17:31:19 UTC 
Thanks I'll take a look at this one
Comment 3 iacobina 2002-10-30 16:49:32 UTC 
I have the same problem on a Dell Inspiron 8200. Before doing any mess, can I 
use the same pc_keyb.c
Comment 4 Alan Cox 2002-12-15 01:35:29 UTC 
Forgot to close the bug

This change to the base kernel was done long ago
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