On Sat, January 13, 2007 8:10 pm, Gus Wirth wrote: > Lan Barnes wrote: >> On Sat, January 13, 2007 5:58 pm, Gus Wirth wrote: >>> Lan Barnes wrote: >>>> Onward! >>>> >>>> I bought the Gyration wireless keyboard/mouse for the Myth box: >>>> >>>> http://www.gyration.com/en-US/ProductDetail.html?modelnum=GC1105CKM&accshow=3 >>>> >>>> According to Bruce Perens, it should work: >>>> >>>> http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/gyration.html >>>> >>>> The module Perens points to is loading: >>>> >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] sysconfig]# lsmod |grep stap_pci >>>> hostap_pci 61813 0 >>>> hostap 113609 1 hostap_pci >>> Huh? This has nothing to do with USB, it's for a wireless card. It also >>> isn't even mentioned on the web page you reference. You are confused. >>> >> >> Well, the radio reciever for the kb is USB, which is why I included the >> tail -f below (which says "USB"). So perhaps I should have mentioned >> that. > > No, the radio receiver is in the device. Its operation is hidden from > the computer which has no idea that it is a radio device. The computer > thinks the device is a keyboard and mouse. The only part it sees is the > USB interface. The radio part is between the physical keyboard/mouse and > the USB dongle and that is some proprietary stuff that is hidden behind > the USB interface. >
I know that. You said there is no USB and I said the USB has the radio receiver and then you said there is no radio receiver, that's in the USB device and then ... oh, never mind. > By the way, you won't see any of those modules that Perens lists because > they are compiled into the Fedora kernel. That's so that USB devices can > be used on bootup without resorting to modules in an initrd except for > choosing ohci/uhci/ehci.. I do see the module in lsmod and I listed it in the output above ... but that's not the issue. >> So this is good, no? > > Yes, it means the keyboard and mouse were detected and configured as > input devices. > >> Now (remembering who you're talking to -- *very small words*), how do I >> tell my system to get its keystrokes from /class/input/input8? Something >> in /etc/sysconfig? > > You don't do anything with the/class/input/??? files. They are there for > the system to use. > > Make sure your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file is properly set up. In the > InputDevice section you need to make sure the right input is selected > like so: > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" > EndSection > > Notice the use of the word "mice". Yes, it needs to be plural. The > keyboard doesn't need anything extra. > Forget X, why isn't it working in the CLI? > A good test is to plug in a regular PS/2 keyboard and mouse AND the > Gyration USB keyboard/mouse. Start up X. You should be able to move the > mouse cursor with both the PS/2 mouse AND the Gyration mouse. Both > keyboards should work also. If neither Gyration piece is working there > may be a problem with the Gyration itself. > > Are you sure the batteries are OK? Lights go on. > > Also, why are you using a keyboard/mouse instead of the wireless remote > that came with the PVR-150 card? The PVR-150 works with lirc (Linux > Infrared Controller) and lets you do all the stuff for MythTV. You > didn't need to buy the wireless keyboard/mouse. This is a pretty serious > lapse for a CB. > Don't tell the club. It'll be nice for email during halftime. So you're saying it should already be working automagically. But it's not. OK, I guess I have to try it on the company M$ laptop to prove it's not the HW. -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
