"Carl B. Constantine" wrote:
>
> Ok, I found the problem I was having with GPM after updating to the 2.4
> kernel. The problem is I'm using a USB mouse and the mouse driver
> (mousedev.o) is not loaded by the time GPM starts. Thus the mouse doesn't
> work. It's also the reason why I had problems with X as well saying it
> didn't see the mouse driver even though a cat of /proc/bus/usb/devices
> showed it.
>
> This even happens with the hotplugging tools installed in /sbin/hotplug as
> there is no driver for the mouse for some reason. DOH! I need to look into
> it further.
>
> Anyway, so now the task comes, how do I get the hid, input, and mouse
> drivers loaded before GPM starts? When does the /etc/modules.conf file do
> things? What about /etc/modules? Should I just add them there?
>
> What is the best way to tackle this problem?
>
> --
IMHO
modutils is started in rcS.d ,while gpm is in rc2.d (where rc2.d is the
runlevel
here , cat /etc/inittab | grep initdefault )
So if you insert the module as ususal it should work.
--
The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it.
Alan Saporta
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