MS Explorer 1.1 inoperative kernel 2.6.7-R10/1

Hivemind · n00b Joined: 15 Jul 2004 Posts: 22

I have a MS Explorer optical 1.1A, running under 2.6.7-R10 with KDE 3.2.3. The system refuses to see ANY button event beyond the 3rd (center) button, no wheel, no side buttons, NOTHING!

I tried several of the fixes on this site and have come up empty, my homedir has no .xinitrc file, and creating it and attempting those fixes causes problems (X dies).
Any advice for someone banging his head against the proverbial wall.
the XF86Config file uses Explorer PS/2 Zaxismapping 6 7 (usb port mouse).

Jake · Veteran Joined: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 1132

What device file is X using? With 2.6 kernels, it should be /dev/input/mice. Posting your .xinitrc and the errors you get when X dies might help too.

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 9:24 pm Post subject:

Hivemind,

Please post your /proc/bus/usb/devices and the pointer section of your XF86Config.

Also look for /dev/input/mouse0. If thats missing your kernel is broken and any USB mouse functionality you have is because your motherboard is making your mouse look like a PS/2 device.
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Hivemind · n00b Joined: 15 Jul 2004 Posts: 22

ok, here's some code for you guys:
XF86Config:

Hivemind · n00b Joined: 15 Jul 2004 Posts: 22

update:
i crashed X to get output, couldn't find the log file...
restarted x properly, firefox won't start. throws this at me in a terminal:

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 10:01 pm Post subject:

Hivemind,

Theres no mouse in your /proc/bus/usb/device file
It only shows the USB 2.0 root hubs and driver.

You also need ohci_hcd to make USB 1.1 work. Then to get the mouse working properly, you need the HID modules (Two config items in USB) but not the boot protocol keyboard and mouse drivers.

Get usbview, its much easier to look at /proc/bus/usb/devices that way.

I'm surprised that you have a /dev/input/mouse0 with this set up.
Try modprobing ohci_hcd and see if you get mouse with usbview. If not, you need to fix your kernel.
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NeddySeagoon

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those that do backups
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Hivemind · n00b Joined: 15 Jul 2004 Posts: 22

ok, i managed to kill the kernel sources doing some patching, reemerging replaced r10 with r11, i need the r10 sources, yes this is a really dumb question, i'm not too portage savvy...

need gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.7-r10

will check configs after i get those sources back. thanks for the insight.

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 10:20 pm Post subject:

Hivemind,

Hivemind · n00b Joined: 15 Jul 2004 Posts: 22

ok, i recompiled the kernel, now evrything shows up in XEV.

the X crash shows nothing strange, it just... dies, no debug messages at all. and as long as ~/.xinetrc is there is fails to work.

what now?

Hivemind · n00b Joined: 15 Jul 2004 Posts: 22

side note: the wheel/side buttons work but their functions are backwards (the side buttons scroll, wheel does button functions)

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2004 11:21 am Post subject:

Hivemind,

You have the wrong numbers for the buttons/wheel in XF86Conf.
After the first 3, which are always L, R, middle. Its up to you.
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NeddySeagoon

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those that have never had a hard drive fail.

Hivemind · n00b Joined: 15 Jul 2004 Posts: 22

woohoo!
got it working

all i need to do now is figure out how to write a xinitrc file and not have it crash X trying to start, for now i have a file called xinit that i execute manually every time i go into X.

a few more settling in adjustments:
KDE (or a mixer... somewhere) insists on maxing out the master volume on my alsa-powered audigy, blasting my ears (and speakers...) out... any suggestions for a fix?