[Bug 11631] sporadic PS2 mouse jumps

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------- Additional Comments From ben.collins at ubuntu.com  2005-09-13 16:29 UTC -------
(In reply to comment #8)
> (In reply to comment #4)
> > (In reply to comment #0)
> > 
> > Everytime it happens, the following message appears in /var/log/syslog:
> > 
> > ($ grep "psmouse.c" /var/log/syslog | tail)
> > 
> > Aug 12 12:01:28 localhost kernel: psmouse.c: bad data from KBC - bad parity
> > Aug 12 12:01:29 localhost kernel: psmouse.c: Mouse at isa0060/serio4/input0 lost
> > synchronization, throwing 2 bytes away.
> 
> Ben, does that say anything to you? Is it a hardware issue or a driver bug?

I'd surely say it was a hardware issue. Could be something loose in the laptop (making it sporadic).

Let me do some searching on this to see what else might be around (specific to the dmesg output, not just 
the type of problem, as expressed in the mentioned bug reports).

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