Re: mousepad kernel 2.6.0-test9

[Peter Spuhler <pspuhler@spuhler.net>]

On Sunday 07 December 2003 07:16 am, Micha Feigin wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 12:21:08AM -0800, panda wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I installed the 2.6.0-test9-1-i386 kernel on my laptop
> > HP ZE 5170
> > Pentium 4
> > 512 MB ram
> > 15 inch screen
> > ATI Radeon mobility graphics card 32 MB
> > Trident sound card
> >
> > The problem is that the mousepad stops working along with the sound
> > card.
> >
> > I cheched lsmod. It shows mousedev but it is not used.
> > I tried rmmod mousedev and then insmod mousedev but no effect.
> >
> > kudzu doesn't detect any new hardware either.
> >
> > I have a working 2.4.18-bf24 kernel which didn't need to be prodded for
> > the mouse configuration.
> >
> > Can I do anything other than compiling the kernel. Should I be trying
> > something else?
> > Thanks a lot for all ur help.
>
> Try using /dev/input/mice instead of /dev/psaux or whatever you are using
> under the X configuration.
>
Also be sure to load the psmouse module in addition to input and mousedev. 
After loading psmouse you should be able to use /dev/psaux but according to 
the kernel documentation /dev/input/mouse0 is now the correct device to use.  
Add these to your /etc/modules.