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vdboor
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 Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2004 12:29 pm Post subject: 2.6 upgrade: no mouse in X, and a few other issues |
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Hi. I came across a few weird problems during my transition to the 2.6.1 kernel.
1. The weirdest problem ever: I can't use my mouse in X. In the console, gpm works and running "cat /dev/mouse" gives a lot of noice. From X, get a permission denied message if I try to read /dev/mouse.
2. I get this error: I know that char-226 is /dev/dri/card0, but the radeon.o module seam to be loaded.
| Code: | request_module: failed /sbin/modprobe -- char-major-226-0. error = 256
[drm] Initialized radeon 1.9.0 20020828 on minor 0 |
3. I've compiled the irda modules just for fun, and magically, my onload irda chip seams to be detected.  But I get stuck with this error message:
| Code: | | request_module: failed /sbin/modprobe -- irda0. error = 256 |
The modules 'via_ircc' and 'irda' are loaded automatically by the kernel.
4. How do the sensors work? I can't merge lm-sensors again, but /usr/bin/sensors complains about a missing i2c-proc module 
| Code: | * sensos:
Can't access /proc file
/proc/sys/dev/sensors/chips or /proc/bus/i2c unreadable;
Make sure you have done 'modprobe i2c-proc'! |
5. Does vmware work with the 2.6 kernel? I couldn't compile it again... 
6.What does this error mean:
| Code: | ACPI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin A of device 0000:00:11.1 - using IRQ 255
PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
PCI: if you experience problems, try using option 'pci=noacpi' or even
'acpi=off' |
I hope someone can enlighten me here..
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gerardo
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| Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2004 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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I had the same problem of a non working mouse in kernel 2.6.x. However it always worked in 2.4.x
After a search on the web I found the following :
Disable DOS USB support in your computer's bios
I did (Award Bios) :
USB legacy support : auto
That did the trick ! |
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vdboor
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| Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2004 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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| gerardo wrote: | I had the same problem of a non working mouse in kernel 2.6.x. However it always worked in 2.4.x
After a search on the web I found the following :
Disable DOS USB support in your computer's bios
I did (Award Bios) :
USB legacy support : auto
That did the trick ! |
But I don't have an USB mouse... And I couldnt' find an option to disable "DOS" USB either.
Well, I'll look a little further at groups.google.com, but I hope someone could help me out too.
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flowctrl
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| Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2004 5:22 pm Post subject: Re: 2.6 upgrade: no mouse in X, and a few other issues |
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| vdboor wrote: | Hi. I came across a few weird problems during my transition to the 2.6.1 kernel.
1. The weirdest problem ever: I can't use my mouse in X. In the console, gpm works and running "cat /dev/mouse" gives a lot of noice. From X, get a permission denied message if I try to read /dev/mouse.
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Try killing gpm and restarting X. Also, save your /usr/src/linux/.config file from 2.6.1, and build 2.6.2; there are a number of bugfixes (which may or may not apply to you, but I found it to be the least hassle of the new kernels yet).
What kind of mouse are you using? Is there anything informative in the XFree86 logs?
| vdboor wrote: |
2. I get this error: I know that char-226 is /dev/dri/card0, but the radeon.o module seam to be loaded.
| Code: | request_module: failed /sbin/modprobe -- char-major-226-0. error = 256
[drm] Initialized radeon 1.9.0 20020828 on minor 0 |
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Its unclear what the problem is here. When do you get that error? Do you have any video problems? Maybe the module is autoloaded, and then you have an explicit 'modprobe' line in your init scripts?
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3. I've compiled the irda modules just for fun, and magically, my onload irda chip seams to be detected. But I get stuck with this error message:
| Code: | | request_module: failed /sbin/modprobe -- irda0. error = 256 |
The modules 'via_ircc' and 'irda' are loaded automatically by the kernel.
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Ditto.
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4. How do the sensors work? I can't merge lm-sensors again, but /usr/bin/sensors complains about a missing i2c-proc module
| Code: | * sensos:
Can't access /proc file
/proc/sys/dev/sensors/chips or /proc/bus/i2c unreadable;
Make sure you have done 'modprobe i2c-proc'! |
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Did you select i2c in the kernel? Its under Device Drivers -> I2C support -> <your hardware specific modules>.
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5. Does vmware work with the 2.6 kernel? I couldn't compile it again...
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I dunno... vmware's website might.
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* update: * `emerge vmware-workstation` worked, and offered this caveat after installation:
* For users of glibc-2.3.x, vmware-nat support is *still* broken on 2.6.x
Running the vmware-config.pl script works as well, with a "module loads perfectly into the running kernel message".
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6.What does this error mean:
| Code: | ACPI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin A of device 0000:00:11.1 - using IRQ 255
PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
PCI: if you experience problems, try using option 'pci=noacpi' or even
'acpi=off' |
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You're using ACPI for IRQ sharing; this is normal, and is not an error. For ACPI information, google knows . http://www.google.com/search?q=ACPI
Cheers.
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pixie
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| Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2004 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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If you have a ps/2 mouse try setting xfree to use /dev/psaux instead of /dev/mouse.
Might work. |
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