Re: Woody mouse and net are dead
"Steve R. Hastings" wrote:
> It was the kernel. I'm running 2.4.1 now and that fixed it.
>
> After I got the system into a known working state (by re-installing from
> the unofficial Woody CDs) I built a new kernel. I figured out that I
> have a problem with building 2.2.18pre21 now; I used to be able to build
> it but no longer can. I built 2.4.1 instead, and net started working
> perfectly. The version of tulip.c in the 2.4.1 kernel sources is new
> enough to properly talk to my Linksys LNE100TX.
>
> The USB howto file, version 0.8, contains advice that did NOT work for
> me! I found a different howto file, and the advice in that file did
> help me. The file that helped me was here:
>
> http://linuxkb.cheek.com/pages/usb-howto/book1.html
>
> The command that made a working mouse device for me was:
>
> mknod /dev/input/mice c 13 63
>
> The 0.8 howto has a different command (mknod /dev/usbmouse0 c 180 16)
> and that did NOT work for me. I believe the numbers "13 63" are correct
> for my USB mouse; "180 16" didn't do anything for me.
>
> By the way, I am loving 2.4.1; it built with no problems, my net card
> worked without patching, and my system actually seems faster. I didn't
> expect the system to really feel faster, but it does. Specifically,
> Gnome starts up faster than before; that's where I really notice it.
>
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I just wanted to put in my two cents worth and say that what got a working mouse
for my microsoft intellimouse explorer was
cd /dev
mknod usbmouse c 13 32
Then of course you have to make sure you're loading all the proper kernel
modules for it.
Hope that might help.
Jimmy Richards
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