On Sun, Dec 23, 2001 at 12:55:21AM -0500, Eric deRiel wrote: > > Hello. I'm running a Mandrake-based PowerPC kernel (v 2.4.8) on a Mac > G3. The mouse and keyboard are both USB. I've just compiled a new > kernel, and suddenly my mouse isn't working, though the keyboard works > fine. > > Can anyone help me figure this out? I've tried tracing the problem > but I don't really understand how Linux usb is supposed to work. > There seems to be a lack of good HOWTOs on the subject, but maybe I'm > looking in the wrong places. Thanks! > > > Eric deRiel > > > PS. > > For anyone who feels up to the challenge of actually looking under the > hood on this one, here's the background to my problem: > > When I first installed the vanilla distribution I had only minor > problems with the USB support, in the form of syslog messages like: > > usbd: usbd v0.1 (c) 1999 by Thomas Sailer > modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module usbkbd > modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module usbmouse > modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module usbkbd > modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module usbmouse > modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module usbkbd > modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module usbmouse > modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module usbkbd > modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module usbmouse > modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module usbkbd > modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module usbmouse > usbd: Starting USB daemon succeeded > > and: > > kernel: usb.c: USB disconnect on device <n> > kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/2/1, assigned device number <n+1> > kernel: input2: USB HID v0.01 Keyboard [Alps Electric?M2452 M2452] on usb1:<n+1>.0 > > But my mouse and keyboard worked, barring the intermittent keyboard > disconnects, which were annoying but harmless. > > > Now I've recompiled my kernel, because the distributed kernel is > insufficient for what I need to do with the machine, and although I no > longer experience the keyboard driver disconnects, the mouse is dead. > > At system startup I get a new message that I've never gotten before, > instead of the old ones: > > usb: Mouse USB filesystem succeeded > modprobe: modprobe: > modprobe: Can't locate module mousedev > usb: Loading USB mouse failed > > The mousedev kernel module was not installed during the kernel build, > and from looking at old logs it seems like it didn't used to be > necessary. So what modules =do= I need, and in what order, and how do > I build them into the kernel? > > Thanks again for any help. This problem has pretty much taken the > workstation down, and while I could reinstall from the original distro > I'll still need to build a new kernel, so I'd like to lick the > problem once and for all.
You need: keybdev mousedev hid input usbcore usb-ohci any order. -- Vojtech Pavlik SuSE Labs _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
