Re: gpm, USB mouse, Linux 2.4.4
>>>>> "Steve" == Steve Langasek <vorlon@netexpress.net> writes:
Steve> $ ls /etc/rc3.d/S*hotplug /etc/rc3.d/S20hotplug $ ls
Steve> /etc/rc3.d/S*gpm /etc/rc3.d/S20gpm
Steve> $ echo -e 'S20hotplug\nS20gpm'|sort S20gpm S20hotplug
Steve> This was the problem on 2.4 for me, at any rate: the gpm
Steve> startup script would run, and fail to find the mouse; and
Steve> /then/ USB support would be initialized. Changing the
Steve> order of the scripts took care of the problem here.
Yes, I noticed that problem, too (although it is not the cause here).
Perhaps somebody should bug hotplug to run at a lower run level then
gpm?
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Brian May <bam@debian.org>
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