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degras
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 Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 11:12 pm Post subject: No USB |
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I can startx, but the mouse does not move (/dev/input/mice )
It is USB, as is the modem and a smartmedia card none of which I can get working.
How to get USB working ? |
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GoofballJM1
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| Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 11:28 pm Post subject: |
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Search the forums a little more, you'll find it. here it is.
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degras
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 12:20 am Post subject: |
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| oh, dear that article must apply to a different version or it is out of date, where it says scroll down to input core support, I don't have that option. I am running gentoo 2005.0. |
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jomen
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 1:21 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | I am running gentoo 2005.0 |
does not depend on this - rather on the kernel-version you are running
In 2.6.x (2.6.15 on my system) it should be:
-> Device Drivers -> Input device support -> Mouse
and additionally -> Device Drivers -> USB support -> USB Human Interface Device (full HID) support + HID input layer support |
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degras
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| Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 1:15 am Post subject: |
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I did not see
UHCI (Intel PIIX4, VIA, ...)
in my version.
Devices -> ... -> mouse and ?
The only matching thing I found was the USB -> ... part.
How do you copy the kernal to boot ?
It has to rebuild the whole kernal just to change a device driver, lol. A bit of it OK, but the whole thing :-/ ahrrru ? |
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jomen
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| Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 10:19 am Post subject: |
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That thread GoofballJM1 referenced as a help to you was started in 2002 and relates to kernel 2.4.x - did you read through it - it might nevertheless be helpful. There are certailny newer equally easy to find.
But there are certainly similarities - it did not change that much...
BTW - which kernel are you running or trying to build?
| Quote: | | How do you copy the kernal to boot ? |
- depends on whether you use genkernel or not.
Basically you do what the word sugessts - you copy it - there is lots of documentation out there - the installation-handbook for instance covers it all.
| Quote: | | It has to rebuild the whole kernal just to change a device driver, lol. A bit of it OK, but the whole thing :-/ ahrrru ? |
you could just rebuild the module you need - but this is not guaranteed to work - some options in kernel build only become available after selecting another option which possibly needs to be built in or you set it this way - then you will need to recompile the whole thing - takes between 2 - 15 minutes on a fairly modern machine which is affordable.
You can't just recompile "a bit of it" as it is "the kernel" - it is one piece.
Almost every configuration option has a help text associated whith it - these are actually helpful sometimes.
will tell you abut your hardware so you can select the correct options. |
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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degras,
Please check your kernel version. The command will show you and post it here.
run and post at lest the USB lines. if you don't yet have it.
Lastly, post the USB section of your | Code: | | /usr/src/linux/.config |
Check the message at the top of the file. The kernel version should be identical to that from and the time should be very close too.
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degras
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| Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 5:03 am Post subject: |
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kernal version 2.6.11-gentoo-R3 . There is a "#1 SMP" after this.
uname -a gave same kernal number, it did say there is no time zone set,
oops, is that a problem.
well i have some USB operation now. |
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 2:52 pm Post subject: |
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degras,
Not having your timezone set may or may not be a problem to you. Files will be timestamped with BIOS time.
If you dual boot with windows, this will be what you want but you should still set your /etc/localtime symbolic link correctly.
If you only use linux, the BIOS clock should be set to GMT or UTC and your /etc/localtime symbolic link set to your timezone.
This manages daylight saving time (summertime) changes for you can ensures that timestamps are always right.
Here is my setting for an example l | Code: | s -l /etc/localtime
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Dec 4 2004 /etc/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/GB |
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