I am having trouble with getting a logitech wireless mouse to work under X with my Dell Inspiron 8.1k running Gentoo with gentoo-sources kernel. Below is more complete info on my setup.
I once had Suse 8.0 on this Dell Inspiron 8.1k laptop and was able to run the same wireless mouse. I recall that my xf86 file pointed to /dev/mouse and, by hand, I would rm /dev/mouse and ln -s /dev/THEMOUSEDEVICE /dev/mouse to point it at my wireless. I can't remember what the device name was. I think the scratchpad used /dev/psaux and the wireless was /dev/usbmouse. Now, my goal is to have both the scratchpad and the wireless mouse work simultaneously. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Below are kernel options, xf86config settings, dmesg output, lsmod, cat /dev/bus/usb/devices and drivers: The kernel is Gentoo modified source 2.4.20. The kernel options in /proc/config are: CONFIG_X86=y CONFIG_UID16=y CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y CONFIG_MODULES=y CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y CONFIG_KMOD=y CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII=y CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG=y CONFIG_X86_XADD=y CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y CONFIG_RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM=y CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=5 CONFIG_X86_HAS_TSC=y CONFIG_X86_GOOD_APIC=y CONFIG_X86_PGE=y CONFIG_X86_USE_PPRO_CHECKSUM=y CONFIG_X86_F00F_WORKS_OK=y CONFIG_I8K=y CONFIG_MICROCODE=y CONFIG_X86_MSR=y CONFIG_X86_CPUID=y CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y CONFIG_1GB=y CONFIG_MTRR=y CONFIG_PREEMPT=y CONFIG_X86_TSC=y CONFIG_HAVE_DEC_LOCK=y CONFIG_HZ=200 CONFIG_NET=y CONFIG_PCI=y CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y CONFIG_ISA=y CONFIG_PCI_NAMES=y CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y CONFIG_SYSCTL=y CONFIG_KCORE_ELF=y CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y CONFIG_PM=y CONFIG_APM=y CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE=y CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE=y CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK=y CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS=y CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF=y CONFIG_PARPORT=m CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=m CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_CML1=m CONFIG_PARPORT_SERIAL=m CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_FIFO=y CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_SUPERIO=y CONFIG_PNP=y CONFIG_ISAPNP=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE=4096 CONFIG_BLK_STATS=y CONFIG_PACKET=y CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP=y CONFIG_UNIX=y CONFIG_INET=y CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y CONFIG_IPSEC=m CONFIG_IPSEC_IPIP=y CONFIG_IPSEC_AH=y CONFIG_IPSEC_AUTH_HMAC_MD5=y CONFIG_IPSEC_AUTH_HMAC_SHA1=y CONFIG_IPSEC_ESP=y CONFIG_IPSEC_ENC_3DES=y CONFIG_IPSEC_ALG=y CONFIG_IPSEC_ALG_AES=m CONFIG_IPSEC_ALG_TWOFISH=m CONFIG_IPSEC_ALG_SERPENT=m CONFIG_IPSEC_IPCOMP=y CONFIG_IPSEC_DEBUG=y CONFIG_IPSEC_NAT_TRAVERSAL=y CONFIG_IDE=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ADMA=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX=y CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_MODES=y CONFIG_SCSI=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=m CONFIG_SR_EXTRA_DEVS=2 CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=m CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN=y CONFIG_IEEE1394=m CONFIG_IEEE1394_OHCI1394=m CONFIG_IEEE1394_SBP2=m CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y CONFIG_DUMMY=m CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y CONFIG_NET_PCI=y CONFIG_EEPRO100=y CONFIG_NET_RADIO=y CONFIG_NET_WIRELESS=y CONFIG_INPUT=m CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBDEV=m CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=m CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_X=1600 CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_Y=1200 CONFIG_INPUT_JOYDEV=m CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=m CONFIG_VT=y CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_SERIAL=y CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=256 CONFIG_MOUSE=y CONFIG_PSMOUSE=y CONFIG_AGP=m CONFIG_AGP_INTEL=y CONFIG_DRM=y CONFIG_DRM_NEW=y CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV=m CONFIG_VIDEO_PROC_FS=y CONFIG_VIDEO_BWQCAM=m CONFIG_VIDEO_CQCAM=m CONFIG_VIDEO_CPIA=m CONFIG_VIDEO_CPIA_USB=m CONFIG_VIDEO_STRADIS=m CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL=y CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS=y CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=y CONFIG_REISERFS_PROC_INFO=y CONFIG_HFS_FS=m CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y CONFIG_JBD=y CONFIG_FAT_FS=m CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=m CONFIG_VFAT_FS=m CONFIG_TMPFS=y CONFIG_RAMFS=y CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y CONFIG_JOLIET=y CONFIG_ZISOFS=y CONFIG_NTFS_FS=m CONFIG_PROC_FS=y CONFIG_PROC_CONFIG=y CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=y CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT=y CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y CONFIG_UDF_FS=y CONFIG_NFS_FS=y CONFIG_NFS_V3=y CONFIG_SUNRPC=y CONFIG_LOCKD=y CONFIG_LOCKD_V4=y CONFIG_SMB_FS=m CONFIG_ZISOFS_FS=y CONFIG_FS_MBCACHE=y CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION=y CONFIG_SMB_NLS=y CONFIG_NLS=y CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT="iso8859-1" CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=y CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_SOUND=y CONFIG_SOUND_MAESTRO3=m CONFIG_SOUND_OSS=m CONFIG_USB=y CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y CONFIG_USB_UHCI=m CONFIG_USB_PRINTER=m CONFIG_USB_HID=m CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT=y CONFIG_USB_HIDDEV=y CONFIG_USB_DC2XX=m CONFIG_USB_MDC800=m CONFIG_USB_SCANNER=m CONFIG_USB_MICROTEK=m CONFIG_USB_HPUSBSCSI=m CONFIG_USB_IBMCAM=m CONFIG_USB_OV511=m CONFIG_USB_PWC=m CONFIG_USB_SE401=m CONFIG_USB_STV680=m CONFIG_USB_VICAM=m CONFIG_ZLIB_INFLATE=y My XF86Config portion reads: Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "XFree86 Configured" Screen "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Mouse1" "SendCoreEvents" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection [SNIP] Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Protocol" "PS/2" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "Buttons" "5" EndSection dmesg output: usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs usb.c: registered new driver hub lsmod: Module Size Used by Tainted: P maestro3 28912 0 (autoclean) ac97_codec 11176 0 (autoclean) [maestro3] input 3744 0 (autoclean) agpgart 18960 3 (autoclean) nvidia 1542304 11 (autoclean) sr_mod 16984 2 (autoclean) cdrom 29792 0 (autoclean) [sr_mod] orinoco_cs 4916 1 orinoco 40844 0 [orinoco_cs] hermes 6468 0 [orinoco_cs orinoco] ds 7432 2 [orinoco_cs] i82365 41600 2 pcmcia_core 50976 0 [orinoco_cs ds i82365] sbp2 18016 0 (unused) ohci1394 18344 0 (unused) ieee1394 35596 0 [sbp2 ohci1394] ide-scsi 8944 1 scsi_mod 59348 3 [sr_mod sbp2 ide-scsi] cat /dev/bus/usb/devices: NO OUTPUT cat /dev/bus/usb/drivers: usbdevfs hub The devices and drivers files are mounted via fstab: none /dev/bus/usb usbdevfs defaults 0 0 /proc/bus/usb contains the same devices and drivers files with the same contents/lack of contents. 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