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Re: no USB mouse in Etch



On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 03:00:41PM -0700, L.V.Gandhi wrote:
> Will you please explain the construct of /^[^D|+]/ in your
> dpkg -l udev hotplug linux-image-\* | awk '/^[^D|+]/{print $1,$2,$3}'

I've wondered about that too. In fact, I've been saving that mail all
this time thinking I'd get around to deciphering it. Here's my swipe
at it

/ = beginning and end of "match" for awk (the statement that its trying to
match)

^ = match lines that *start* with whatever follows

[...] = match any of the characters inside the brackets

^ = negate the above, so _don't_ match the characters

D|+  = the list of characters to *not* match

so this /^[^D|+]/ will exclude any line that starts with 'D' (like the
first line of dpkg -l output, any line starting with '|' like the
column headings, any line starting with '+' like the big line that
underlines the headings. 

Its turns dpkg -l output from :

Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
|
Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
uppercase=bad)
||/ Name           Version        Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
un  linux-image    <none>         (no description available)
un  linux-image-2. <none>         (no description available)
ii  linux-image-2. 2.6.18+6       Linux kernel 2.6 image on AMD K7
ii  linux-image-2. 2.6.17-5       Linux kernel 2.6.17 image on AMD K7
machines
ri  linux-image-2. 2.6.17-9       Linux 2.6.17 image on AMD K7
ii  linux-image-2. 2.6.18-3       Linux 2.6.18 image on AMD K7
ii  linux-image-2. 2.6.18-8       Linux 2.6.18 image on AMD K7
ii  linux-image-2. 2.6.18.dfsg.1- Linux 2.6.18 image on AMD K7

to

un linux-image <none>
un linux-image-2.6 <none>
ii linux-image-2.6-k7 2.6.18+6
ii linux-image-2.6.17-1-k7 2.6.17-5
ri linux-image-2.6.17-2-k7 2.6.17-9
ii linux-image-2.6.18-1-k7 2.6.18-3
ii linux-image-2.6.18-3-k7 2.6.18-8
ii linux-image-2.6.18-4-k7 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12


right?

A

> 
> On 4/24/07, Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es> wrote:
> >
> >On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 14:48:42 +0000, Tim Frink wrote:
> >> On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:20:12 +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Any ideas what might be wrong?
> >> >
> >> > What is the output of
> >> >
> >> > ls -l /dev/input/by-id/
> >>
> >> There is no such a device.
> >
> >/dev/input/by-id/ should be a directory of symbolic links which tell you
> >which input hardware has which device node. Maybe your udev is not
> >working properly. What is the output of
> >
> >dpkg -l udev hotplug linux-image-\* | awk '/^[^D|+]/{print $1,$2,$3}'
> >
> >> > Do you see output (codes) scrolling by if you run (as root)
> >> >
> >> > cat /dev/input/mice | hd
> >> >
> >> > and you move the mouse? (CTRL+C to exit)
> >>
> >> No, when I move my USB mouse, there is no output. Moving my touchpad,
> >> I see some code.
> >
> >If you have /dev/input/mouse0 or similar then you should also try that.
> >
> >--
> >Regards,            | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer
> >          Florian   |
> >
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