gentoo-dev kernel 2.6.8-r1, usb logitec mouse, kvm [solved]

Babliren · n00b Joined: 04 Dec 2003 Posts: 7

So, this is going to sound silly. Has anyone else had difficulties getting a standard usb logitech two button wheel mouse to work with the Gentoo-dev 2.6.8-r1 kernel? With the Xorg config, the mouseman and microsoft protocol makes the mouse dance all over the screen when moved with no particular method to it. All other protocols make x axis movement move the mouse curser on the y axis; Y movement does nothing; and all buttons move it a pixel to the right.

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "mouseman"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0"
EndSection

It's just a simple logitech 2 button wheel mouse. I have a Trendnet KVM switch that puts both keyboard and mouse into a single usb port. This doesn't seem to be the issue though because the keyboard works just fine and I get the same behavior from the mouse if I skip the KVM and put it directly in a USB port. The mouse itself isn't broken because it works fine through the KVM on my windows machine.

I did a "cat /dev/input/mouse0" and got unique gibberish with every movement and button. I'm assuming mouse and USB drivers are set up correctly. Anyone have a magical suggestion? I don't want to use a 2.4 kernel if I don't have to.

didl · Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 6:01 pm Post subject:

Running 2.6.7 here and logitech mouse works just great
using

Babliren · n00b Joined: 04 Dec 2003 Posts: 7

Thanks for the input, but that didn't end up working any better unfortunately. It's still only moving vertically when the mouse gets horizontal movement, and I can't get horizontal results at all, except by clicking the buttons

I might try a 2.6.7 kernel and see if I get better results

didl · Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 1:52 am Post subject:

Just try to boot with the most recent Live CD and see if you
get it to work.

Babliren · n00b Joined: 04 Dec 2003 Posts: 7

After some more tinkering and changing it so USB was compiled as modules rather than right into the kernel, I decided to retry plugging the mouse directly into the computer's USB port. It worked perfectly. :roll:

Either I was absent minded when I tried bypassing the KVM earlier, confused the mice, and didn't actually bypass it; or else having them as modules altered my results (I'm betting the former).

Also, I have a machine with a slackware 2.4.22 build on it. To test, I hooked the KVM up with the same mouse and keyboard. Both worked just fine without any kernel recompiles or anything. All I had to do was change xfree86's config to /dev/input/mouse0.

I figure that implies that either the different motherboard influenced the mouse input or else the 2.6.8 kernel is incompatible with this (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-107-250&depa=0) KVM. Consider yourselves warned :wink:

Babliren · n00b Joined: 04 Dec 2003 Posts: 7

It works! There was a problem in my kernel config.

It turns out that taking...

USB HIDBP Mouse (Simple boot) support

..out of the kernel got rid of my problem. With that feature enabled, it worked fine directly in the USB port, but not through the KVM. When I turned it off, it now works through the KVM.

g3n · Guru Joined: 13 Dec 2003 Posts: 543 Location: México