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  1. Bug #95785
  2. Comment #22

Comment 22 for bug 95785

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Victor Cache (victorcache) wrote : Re: PS/2 doesn't work after upgrading to feisty [i8042] [or 8.04 Hardy]

I installed 8.04 Hardy Heron (released version 4/25/08 not Beta) on a ~4 year old Dell Optiplex GX260 and had the same problem (PS/2 mouse not recognized. PS/2 keyboard ok. USB mouse ok. From my /var/log/messages (same output as dmesg):
Apr 29 06:12:51 GX260-willr kernel: [ 19.102745] input: Macintosh mouse button emulation as /devices/virtual/input/input0
Apr 29 06:12:51 GX260-willr kernel: [ 19.102871] PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:KBD] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
Apr 29 06:12:51 GX260-willr kernel: [ 19.102874] PNP: PS/2 appears to have AUX port disabled, if this is incorrect please boot with i8042.nopnp
Apr 29 06:12:51 GX260-willr kernel: [ 19.103261] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
Apr 29 06:12:51 GX260-willr kernel: [ 19.103849] mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
Apr 29 06:12:51 GX260-willr kernel: [ 19.103994] EISA: Probing bus 0 at eisa.0
Apr 29 06:12:51 GX260-willr kernel: [ 19.104031] EISA: Detected 0 cards.