> I've just installed Woody. > > I've got a USB keyboard and USB mouse, and am running a stock 2.4.18-686 > kernel. The only modules I'm loading from /etc/modules are: > unix > af_packet > 8139too > > The keyboard is recognized both in the BIOS (where's there no options > anything like "Legacy Keyboard support for USB" or anything like that") > and in Woody. Everything's fine with the keyboard. > > The USB mouse however doesn't work. X won't start (it complains about > "No core pointer" - mouse is on /dev/input/mice), and gpm doesn't seem > to work with it (also pointing to /dev/input/mice). > > So I figured maybe it's a module issue, so I cd'd to /lib/modules/2.4.18 > -686/kernel/drivers/usb and looked for any interesting modules. Then I > did a: > modprobe usb-uhci > (because lspci reported my usb bus to be of the uhci type). > > Quite a bit of stuff scrolled by, registering new driver usbdevs and new > driver hub and detecting two ports and then two new usb device connects > assigned device numbers 2 and 3 respectively. > > The lights on the USB keyboard do a bit of dancing, and then the > keyboard goes completely dead. If I remove the two modules that actually > get installed (usb-uhci and usbcore), the keyboard's lights all go solid > and stay there, but the keyboard remains dead. I can then modprobe > usb-uhci again, and the lights go off, but the keyboard remains dead. > > The mouse also never becomes usable, even after restarting gpm and/or > rerunning gpmconfig. /proc/bus/usb is empty. > > Then I tried "modprobe usbmouse". That generates some more info, such as > registering new driver usb-mouse and input0: KYE Genius USB Wheelmouse > on usb1:2.0 and a Cypress USB Keyboard/PS/2 mouse on usb1:3.1 and etc. > (I'd include the output of these commands, but I can't seem to capture > the text.) > > Still, /proc/bus/usb is empty. > > Doing a "modprobe usbkbd" provides similar results. > > Anyone have any clues as to what I'm missing or need to do? > > Thanks! > > Kent > >
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