From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: joy Subject: Re: mouse not writing to device file..... Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 14:27:04 +0530 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <402C9160.3060907@sancharnet.in> References: <5.1.0.14.1.20040212091018.01f91780@celine> <5.1.0.14.1.20040212202502.01faeaa0@celine> Reply-To: gracecott@sancharnet.in Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Return-path: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; format="flowed"; charset="us-ascii" To: Ray Olszewski Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org Ray Olszewski wrote: >> >> I have a USB mouse , but it used to work fine froom the same usb port >> before the reinstall..... > > > Do you mean it previously worked with Debian-Woody, or that it worked > with Slackware? Or something else? Were you using a stock kernel or > one you compiled? I don't use a USB mouse here, but I wouldn't count > on a stock Debian kernel supporting one ... though someone else here, > someone who uses a USB mouse with Debian, would be a better source of > advice at this point. used to use a 2.6.1 now 2.6.2. > I haven't used a stock Linux kernel (aside from the early stage of an > install) for years, so I don't recall what they include either > compiled in or as modules ... both USB mouse support and Input Core > mouse support appear to be available as modules, so modprobe'ing them > (or adding them to /etc/modules) may be the prior fix you've > forgotten. Just a guess, though, as I say. The clincher so to say. after reading this I saw my previous kernel conf, and voila, HID support was configured as a module (was built into my older kernel). just added a modprobe into my startup scripts and the mouse is working fine!!! also Ray, about that trick I tried (cat /dev/psaux ..... ), I tried it again. the mouse is not unresponsive, I get a newline for a right click and scroll wheel click, ie , it is writing whitespaces atleast...... > > > > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs