From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 23:52:27 +0000 Subject: Re: Help getting a mouse to work Message-Id: <20060711235227.GA5014@kroah.com> List-Id: References: <3176c4050607111514k29550b88ne51f162547eb7471@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3176c4050607111514k29550b88ne51f162547eb7471@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 06:14:20PM -0400, Ajay Gautam wrote: > Hello > > I have 2 mice connected to my system. One on PS/2 one on USB. > > When I boot my system, the chances of the USB mouse being startup is > about 1 in 15. i.e.: out of 15 typical boots, one time the USB mouse > will be recognized. > > If I unplug the mouse and replug it back in, everything works fine. > > This leads me to believe that something is not quite right with > coldplug. I have been trying to get this issue resolved on gentoo > forums ( http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-450444-highlight-.html > ), but no luck yet! Odd are it's a usb issue. Does the kernel discover the USB mouse at boot time all the time properly? > What all I have already tried: > - Switching the mouse to different USB ports > - > > System Information: > - uname: "Linux Gandalf 2.6.15-gentoo-r1 #1 PREEMPT Tue Apr 4 23:14:42 > EDT 2006 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2600+ GNU/Linux" Can you try a newer kernel? 2.6.17 perhaps? thanks, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0709&bid&3057&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel