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PostPosted: Tue May 04, 2004 9:11 am    Post subject: alps touchpad and usb mouse not 'co-existing' Reply with quote

Hi!

I got a problem with my laptop and mice.

system: sony vaio PCG-R600HFPD, alps pointing device, USB mouse, kernel 2.6.5-gentoo-r1

Situation 1: Bootup without usb mouse -> touchpad works fine (recognized as ps/2 generic mouse). Then i can plug in the usb mouse and a new device is recognized. both mice work fine, i.e. by accessing them in /dev/input/mice

Situation 2: Bootup with usb mouse attached -> touchpad is not recognized anymore. it seems the usb mouse just overwrites the alps touchpad. From now on, only the usb mouse works (recognized as 'KYE Genius USB Wheel Mouse')

Is there a way (kernel configuration, emerging additional stuff.....) to get both pointing devices work? something to do with hotplug?

Thank you!
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PostPosted: Tue May 04, 2004 1:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Try loading all your USB modules before loading psmouse module.
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PostPosted: Wed May 05, 2004 6:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Do you mean I should load psmouse as a module? because I have usb-stuff and ps/2 mouse built-in in the kernel, and not as modules...
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PostPosted: Wed May 05, 2004 7:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Chances are that if they are compiled in psmouse gets initialized before USB system, so yes, make psmouse a module and try loading it later.
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PostPosted: Wed May 05, 2004 8:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thank you for your advice.. Although it didn't work :cry:

Well, but I think I can live with that problem: mouse attached -> office; mouse detached -> mobile
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PostPosted: Wed May 05, 2004 8:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What USB options do you have selected?
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PostPosted: Wed May 05, 2004 9:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

These are:
- USB device filesystem
- EHCI HCD (USB 2.0) Support
- OHCI HCD Support
- UHCI HCD Support
- USB Printer Support
- USB Mass Storage Support
- USB HID support
- HID input layer support

everythin compiled into kernel...
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