"Bob" == Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> writes:
Bob> ben wrote:
>> if i enter modconf on my latest compile no usbmouse shows up,
>> however if i lsmod it appears. I am still not sure if this is
>> the problem as my kernel 2.4.18 (bf24) has this module loaded
>> and the mouse works, but I am willing to try anything at this
>> stage!
Bob> For USB mice and a modular kernel I have found experimentally
Bob> that I need to load the following two drivers.
Bob> echo hid >> /etc/modules
Bob> echo mousedev >> /etc/modules
Bob> modprobe hid modprobe mousedev
Bob> With these loaded everything works fine for me.
There was a time I actually understood the USB subsystem (two years
ago or so). Now all I do is
- use a stock Debian woody kernel (2.4.18-{k7|686}) in my case)
- apt-get install hotplug
and it all works pretty much by itself. With my USB keyboard and mouse
I see
$ /sbin/lsmod | grep usb
usbkbd 2944 0 (unused)
usbmouse 1792 0 (unused)
input 3424 0 [keybdev usbkbd mousedev hid usbmouse]
usb-uhci 21508 0 (unused)
usbcore 49696 1 [usbkbd hid usbmouse usb-uhci]