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yowwww
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 Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 5:26 am Post subject: almost ready to give up here |
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I have looked quite a bit for the modules listed in the desktop configuration guide and can't find them for the usbmouse, they are:
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The first thing that has to be done is the installation of the kernel modules. The modules that will be needed for a USB mouse to work are usbmouse, mousedev, hid, usbcore, usb-uhci, and input. After the necessary kernel configuration is done, insmod the modules.
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also, I am using a keyboard generic but it doesn't work in X. It connects via a larger adapter and plugs in using its standard size input.
as well I am using a pci card for my usb mouse since my motherboard doesn't have any usb attached - could this be causing a problem.
Thanks in advance for any help on this - I am very close to getting this working and would be excited to see it done. I have already installed a bunch of stuff including kde and when I type "kdm" I see my logon screen with a flashing cursor but I can't move the mouse or type anything. Also, using ctrl/alt/backspace doesn't get me out of it so I have to hard reboot - any way I can get out of the login screen so I can try to configure my xf86config differently?
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tunah
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 11:46 am Post subject: Re: help finding usb mouse modules |
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(This is all kernel configuration: su - root, cd /usr/src/linux, make menuconfig)
You want:
Input core support -> input core support, mouse support
usb support -> support for usb, uhci/ohci, usb hid support, hid input layer support, raw hid device support.
I think that's all for the mouse. I don't know about the others, sorry.
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yowwww
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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Well, I already have most of those:
uhci,ohci
/dev/hiddev raw
input core
-keyboard support
-mouse support
but I can't find where it says usb mouse and mouse dev
and my keyboard still won't work unless I am in runlevel 3 |
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Praxxus
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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The usbmouse module gets compiled into:
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ls /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/
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The mousedev module:
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ls /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/input/
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To get the USB mouse working right in X, you need to have hotplug installed and running:
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emerge hotplug
/etc/init.d/hotplug start
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and you'll want it to start at boot:
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rc-update add hotplug default
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As for the keyboard . . . sounds like it may be an XF86Config problem . . . maybe?
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yowwww
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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when I tried to find those directories you listed I got this:
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no such file or directory
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I emerged hotplug and it went fine but it still didn't help the situation
do I have to recompile the kernel after emerging hotplug? I wouldn't think so, but who knows at this point, if I could only get the mouse and keyboard working in X, then I'd be off to the races. |
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yowwww
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2003 1:46 am Post subject: |
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anyone have an idea as to what I might be missing here?
I looked all thru the menuconfig for the right modules. Is there a site that actually details the modules (not the install guide).
I used the gentoo sources kernel and everything seems fine except for the mouse and keyboard in kde.
I am considering emerging gnome to see if there will be a difference.
Any thoughts on the whole thing? |
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tomaw
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2003 7:15 am Post subject: |
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| you did do a make modules_install in /usr/src/linux didn't you? |
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