Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 67967
kernel-2.4.18-5 on Dell Dimension 8200 can't see bus mouse
Last modified: 2007-04-18 12:43:52 EDT
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.79 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.18-4ntfs i686) Description of problem: Dimension 8200 has Logitech Optical USB mouse. The 2.4.18-5-i386 kernel gives normal OK messages about USB, HID and mouse during boot, but in XFree86-4.2.0-8 mouse cursor is frozen at center screen and buttons don't work. The 2.4.18-4 kernel works fine. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install kernel-2.4.18-5 on this particular machine 2. boot 3. run X windows Actual Results: No mouse response. Expected Results: Mouse should work normally. Additional info: I have installed the same kernel on various other machines using PS/2 mice and have no problems. I don't know if it is the model of Dell or the bus mouse that makes the difference. Meantime I continue to use 2.4.18-4 kernel.
Requestor, please attach your /etc/X11/XF86Config to the bug, but do not drop into the comments box.
APOLOGIES! Due to a typo in my grub.conf, I was not booting to the 2.4.18-5 kernel. (The grub.conf file was not automatically updated when I installed the kernel, probably because of "fatal error: unable to find a suitable template", so I fixed grub.conf, incorrectly, by hand.) I did not notice this mistake till last night. When I boot to the true 2.4.18-5 kernel, the mouse is OK. This bug should be retracted. Again, apologies to all for filing this bug report on a bad-hair day.
No apoligies are necessary. :)