Well I may have got the wrong end of the stick from the OP, but your post solved my problem, which incidently does involve a usb keyboard and trackball on a single usb connector.
Thanks Sudev Bails Sudev Barar wrote: > On 09/01/07, *bails* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Bottom / inline posting please. > > I use usb keyboard and mouse on some TC, heres what i use in lts.conf > > > The OP does not have problem with normal usb keyboard mice but > specifically those with wireess models which come with single usb > connector. > > > which works fine for usb keyboard and mouse, but not unfortunately the > usb (mouse) trackball built into some small factor keyboards i have, > with these and the above options all i get is up + down even when > moving > the ball side to side, I have used an XF86Config that works fine with > these on the server and can also confirm that they work fine when > booting DSL on the TC. I guess they just may not work on the TC > using LTSP. > > > I had posted to list the information below but itis held for moderator > approval since the headers are suspicious. May be of help to you. > > > > > > I cannot find any information about how to make a USB keyboard & > mouse > > work. I do know about the lts.conf option > > X_MOUSE_DEVICE = "/dev/input/mice" > > and this works for PS/2 KB's and USB mice but what can I do when > they > > are both on one USB. > > > > The terminal is the Norhtec and the USB keyboard is enabled in BIOS > > and works fine right from power up until X starts. As soon as X > starts > > the keyboard is dead and moving the mouse around only moves the > mouse > > pointer up and down in the center of the screen. > > > I had posted this on the list a few days back. What is happening is > that the device needs to get recognised as hiddev rather than > usbmouse. If the module for usbmouse gets loaded first then this mouse > only will vertically up and down. Once in a while the things work > because the hiddev module gets loaded before usbmouse. > > What you need to do. > 1. There is no special line needed as the mouse will be automatically > recognised. > 2. You need to edit the file /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/rc.sysinit and add a > section for recognising the HIDDEV before the probe for usbmouse. To > do this change the following section: > > echo "Checking for USB keyboard and mouse..." > for MODULE in input usbmouse usbkbd; do > modprobe ${MODULE} >/dev/null 2>&1 > done > > Change this to: > > echo "Loading for USBHID..." > for MODULE in input usbhid hiddev; do > modprobe ${MODULE} >/dev/null 2>&1 > done > wait 1 > echo "Checking for USB keyboard and mouse..." > for MODULE in input usbmouse usbkbd; do > modprobe ${MODULE} >/dev/null 2>&1 > done > > This ensures that usbhid and hiddev modules get loaded first and then > all things work. HTH > > -- > Wishing you very best for the New Year 2007 > Regards, > Sudev Barar ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
