RE: 2.6 upgrade
Hi Brian,
sorry for being not precise ...
in a console and as "root" you need to run
modprobe -v mousedev
modprobe -v psmouse
for a ps2-mouse. Otherwise replace 'psmouse' with 'sermouse' or similar,
depending on the mouse you have. The listing from
/lib/modules/2.6.0-1-k7/kernel/drivers/input/mouse
shows the modules available.
or better:
If you are uncertain about what module to choose, then you can alternately
run
modconf
which will present you with a simple menu. Use the arrow keys to scroll
down to
kernel/drivers/input
select by pressing <Enter>. A smaller menu will show, select mousedev with
enter. It will ask you, whether you really want to install this module :-)
and warn that the system might hang a bit if the hw does not like the
module. But be adventurous and select it anyway. Should it ask for
additional arguments, just hit <Enter>.
After that choose Exit and you are back in the first menu.
Scroll down to
kernel/drivers/input/mouse
and select one of the entries and proceed as above.
The nice thing about "modconf" is that it will automatically add the magic
lines to /etc/modules thus loading them automagically at the next reboot.
You can remove modules like this. -- Stupid me not thinking about this in
the first place.
IFFFF your mouse happens to be a usb-mouse, then you need to go to
kernel/drivers/usb/input
and proceed similarly.
Brian Corman writes:
> Erich,
>
> Thanks for the advice.
>
> I did the modprobe, but I don't really understand the next command. I ran it
> verbatim, except substituting 386 for k7, and it just returned
>
> -bash: /root: is a directory
>
> Is there something in the command I am supposed to change?
>
> Also, I put mousedev in /etc/modules, but what is the second module? I
> assume it has something to do with the second command that I am messing up.
>
>
> Thanks, Brian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Erich Waelde [mailto:Erich.Waelde@t-online.de]
> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 1:41 PM
> To: bwc2001@columbia.edu
> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: 2.6 upgrade
>
>
> > I upgraded to the testing 2.6 kernel, and my mouse is now frozen. Any
> > advice?
>
> open a console, login as root,
>
> modprobe -v mousedev
>
> and one of these
> ~ 11 > ls -l /lib/modules/2.6.0-1-k7/kernel/drivers/input/mouse
> total 51
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6907 Jan 11 07:21 inport.ko
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7106 Jan 11 07:21 logibm.ko
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5514 Jan 11 07:21 pc110pad.ko
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22134 Jan 11 07:21 psmouse.ko
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7228 Jan 11 07:21 sermouse.ko
>
> make sure to add the 2 modules to /etc/modules
>
>
> I found that I had to add quite a few modules, like
> loop, floppy, driver for graphics card and scsi ...
>
> Cheers,
> Erich
>
>
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