On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 04:26:00PM -0400, Nori Heikkinen wrote: | on Wed, 18 Jun 2003 05:32:58PM -0400, Derrick 'dman' Hudson insinuated: | > On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 01:51:21PM -0400, Nori Heikkinen wrote:
| > As for losing various pieces of input functionality ... what did you
| > change?
|
| so much that i don't remember. i've since re-installed, but now have
| the same problem.
|
| > Do you have the USB driver modules loaded?
|
| i'm using the stock 2.4.20 kernel -- how do i tell what usb modules to
| load?
Run 'lsmod' to see what is currently loaded. As always, edit
/etc/modules to instruct the system to load certain modules at boot
time. For USB input devices you want these :
usb
evdev
mousedev
keybdev
Along with the following in /etc/modconf :
alias usb usb-ohci
post-install usb modprobe hid
(note: the alias line above might need to be 'alias usb usb-uhci'
depending on your hardware)
If you aren't familiar with the "correct" (optimal) way to specify
options in /etc/modconf then read 'man update-modules'
| > Do you have the right programs reading from the right devices with
| > the right protocols?
|
| quite unlikely. but i'm not sure what those would all be.
If you want mouse in console and X :
gpm reads from the mouse device itself. With a PS/2 mouse this is
/dev/psaux. With a USB mouse (and devfs, I haven't used USB
without devfs) it is /dev/input/mice. gpm needs to be told
the correct protocol to use. For many modern mice (including
mine) the protocol is 'imps2'.
gpm needs to repeat with protocol 'raw'. It repeats through a
named pipe, named /etc/gpmdata.
X needs to read from /etc/gpmdata and use the same protocol that
gpm is using. In the case of my mice that protocol is
"IMPS/2".
If you want mouse in X onlye :
X reads from the mouse device itself. With a PS/2 mouse this is
/dev/psaux. With a USB mouse (and devfs, I haven't used USB
without devfs) it is /dev/input/mice. X needs to be told
the correct protocol to use. For many modern mice (including
mine) the protocol is 'IMPS/2'.
HTH,
-D
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