USB Mouse again...

[petesmc]

Hi,

Could some please tell me the modules to include in the kernel (build in or modules) to enable the use of a USB mouse. Could you please tell me what the modules says in the kernel 'make menuconfig' because 'usbmouse' isn't there in that form.

Thanks

[vonhelmet]

If you're doing a "make menuconfig" then it often helps to use the "help" function which tells you what a particular module will be called.

Basically you need to enable USB in general, then either USB-UHCI or USB-OHCI or USB-EHCI depending on what kind of motherboard you have. One of those is Intel, the other VIA, and so on, I forget which. You need the one for your motherboard installed. After that, enable USB mouse support wherever it is.

Sorry this is vague, but the best I can advise is to use the help function in the menuconfig which should tell you what will be enabled and what it will be called.

You could always make everything as modules and then emerge kudzu

[dtor]

You need to select:
"USB Human Interface Device (full HID) support"
"HID input layer support"
along with the core USB modules and driver for your USB controller (UHCI, EHCI...)

You _do not_ want to select:
"USB HIDBP Keyboard (simple Boot) support"
"USB HIDBP Mouse (simple Boot) support"
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Dmitry

[petesmc]

In the manual it says to 'insmod' the modules, except i can't insmod usb-uhci or usb-ohci, i tried both. I get the following error:

Blah blah blah... (just path to modules)
init_modules: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect modules parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.

Any help much appreciated. Oh, and I put all the modules as modules and not built into the kernel if that matters.

-Peter

[petesmc]

Bump...

[dtor]

What kernel is that?
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Dmitry

[petesmc]

Gentoo Source 2.4.25

[dtor]

Ok.. could it be that you have USB 2.0 and you need to load ehci-hcd? What does lspci or cat /proc/pci say?
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Dmitry