Re: psaux.o not compiled as a module?!
It shows up here as
/lib/modules/2.4.19-686/kernel/drivers/input/mousedev.o
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 01:28:49PM +0100, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Nov 2002 11:04:54 -0800, Bob Nielsen wrote:
>
> >> all of a sudden I've got a strange problem. I'm trying to compile 2.4.20-
> rc2
> >> with XFS, where psaux should be compiled as a module:
> >>
> >> CONFIG_MOUSE=m
> >> CONFIG_PSMOUSE=y
> >>
> >> However the psaux.o module is not created?! This NEVER used to be a
> problem...
> >
> >Perhaps mousedev.o is what you are looking for. This is what 2.4.19
> >uses for a ps/2 mouse driver.
>
> This file simply isn't there. The only "char" files I have are "serial.o" and
> "softdog.o." Apart from these modules there's only block, cdrom, ide, net,
> pnp, and sound modules.
>
> All this is happening under VMware (altho I don't think it matters.)
>
> The strange thing is that my gpm and also X mouse suddenly are working again,
> after I rebooted. In /proc/devices it says "char devices: 10 misc," but this
> is probably due to softdog watchdog support that I included in the kernel.
> There isn't a module loaded with a name that suggests it supports mice. :-(
>
> Remember that I configured mouse support NOT to be compiled into the kernel,
> but to be compiled as a module. Also, I'm not exactly a newbie so it's
> definitely not a user error.
>
> The only explanation I've got is that the driver WAS included into the kernel
> altho I instructed it to be compiled into a module. That would be a problem
> with the kernel source (configure logic.)
>
> To verify this I manually changed the two statements above to read:
>
> >> CONFIG_MOUSE=m
> >> CONFIG_PSMOUSE=m
>
> I will have a go at it, and should this turn out to be the problem I will
> report that here.
>
>
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