On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 05:39:45PM +0200, Lauri Kasanen wrote: > Hi, > > Here's the /proc/bus/input/devices output. Also attaching the kernel > config in case it'd be useful. > ... > > I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0013 Version=0006 > N: Name="VirtualPS/2 VMware VMMouse" > P: Phys=isa0060/serio1/input1 > S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input4 > U: Uniq= > H: Handlers=event2 > B: PROP=0 > B: EV=b > B: KEY=70000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 > So mousedev indeed did not bind to the absolute portion of the device. Please try the patch below. -- Dmitry Input: vmmouse - fix absolute device registration From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> We should set device's capabilities first, and then register it, otherwise various handlers already present in the kernel will not be able to connect to the device. Reported-by: Lauri Kasanen <cand@xxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/input/mouse/vmmouse.c | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/vmmouse.c b/drivers/input/mouse/vmmouse.c index e272f06..a3f0f5a 100644 --- a/drivers/input/mouse/vmmouse.c +++ b/drivers/input/mouse/vmmouse.c @@ -458,8 +458,6 @@ int vmmouse_init(struct psmouse *psmouse) priv->abs_dev = abs_dev; psmouse->private = priv; - input_set_capability(rel_dev, EV_REL, REL_WHEEL); - /* Set up and register absolute device */ snprintf(priv->phys, sizeof(priv->phys), "%s/input1", psmouse->ps2dev.serio->phys); @@ -475,10 +473,6 @@ int vmmouse_init(struct psmouse *psmouse) abs_dev->id.version = psmouse->model; abs_dev->dev.parent = &psmouse->ps2dev.serio->dev; - error = input_register_device(priv->abs_dev); - if (error) - goto init_fail; - /* Set absolute device capabilities */ input_set_capability(abs_dev, EV_KEY, BTN_LEFT); input_set_capability(abs_dev, EV_KEY, BTN_RIGHT); @@ -488,6 +482,13 @@ int vmmouse_init(struct psmouse *psmouse) input_set_abs_params(abs_dev, ABS_X, 0, VMMOUSE_MAX_X, 0, 0); input_set_abs_params(abs_dev, ABS_Y, 0, VMMOUSE_MAX_Y, 0, 0); + error = input_register_device(priv->abs_dev); + if (error) + goto init_fail; + + /* Add wheel capability to the relative device */ + input_set_capability(rel_dev, EV_REL, REL_WHEEL); + psmouse->protocol_handler = vmmouse_process_byte; psmouse->disconnect = vmmouse_disconnect; psmouse->reconnect = vmmouse_reconnect; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html