-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Michael John Walters wrote: <snip> >>>> > Of course it might just be easier to add psmouse to the > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf file. > > Neither of these will effect the functioning of USB based devices. > >> I noticed that there is no blacklist.conf file but that there is an >> alsa-base-blacklist file and a blacklist file. > You must have an older version of Ubuntu than I do. I do not remember when this change was made, but 8.04 does not have the .conf at the end of the filename. It is just a naming difference, the files do the same thing.
>> In the blacklist file there is a line as follows: >> blacklist usbmouse > >> and I was wondering how come my usb optical mouse still works. > IIRC, this module conflicts with the usbhid module that is used these days to drive USB keyboards, mice, external tablets etc. lsmod |grep hid will likely show the usbhid module as being loaded which is why your usb mouse is currently working. >> I looked at the alsa-base-blacklist file and it looks as follows: > >> # Uncomment these entries in order to blacklist unwanted modem drivers >> # blacklist snd-atixp-modem >> # blacklist snd-intel8x0m >> # blacklist snd-via82xx-modem ALSA is related to your soundcard. I would not touch anything in there. > >> So It looks like I do not want to touch alsa-base-blacklist file. > >> I would like to see comments and evaluations of my observations before I >> add > >> blacklist psmouse > >> to the blacklist file. Test to see if removing the module does what you want. sudo rmmod psmouse IF there are no negative side effects and the onboard touchpad has been disabled, then you can add the psmouse to the list of blacklisted modules. Hth, -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkuWinEACgkQwRXgH3rKGfMdOACeJmMG3xL/TWBVv1c5GrttAOGc H3YAoLHXER7H3xwaj0Am1iuS4K6ssF53 =Q+IV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
