Re: usb mouse don't work

[Matt Zagrabelny <mzagrabe@d.umn.edu>]

On Fri, 2005-02-18 at 15:04 +0100, Jacques Smulevici wrote:
> Hello,
> I am French fan of Debian so excuse my English.
> I am only begining with Linux and Debian but I really want to make 
> everything (or nearly) working.
> 
> The command : # cat /dev/input/mice should normally display something 
> when I move my mouse but I don't see anything.
> When Linux is booting, I can read those line:
> 
> Starting hotplug subsystem : usbmount : fs type usbdevfs not supported 
> by kernel
> umount: /proc/bus/usb : not mounted
> 
> I suppose that's why my mouse don't work (and I can't also mount any usb 
> key). I have already install hotplug and usbutils.
> I am using a woody with a 2.6.10 kernel.(but intitialy it was a old 2.2 
> kernel) on a Asus L5c laptop.
> My mouse is a standard microsoft (-sorry-) hdi mouse.
> Thank you for any help!!

first thing you want to do is make sure the correct modules are loaded
for your usb controller. to do this run:

$ lspci -vv | less -S

look for OHCI or UHCI and possibly EHCI. once that is determined, run:

# modprobe uhci_hcd

or 

# modprobe ohci_hcd


and possibly (if you have USB 2.0)

# modprobe ehci_hcd

next:

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