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Ciao Alessandro (& Hi to all on the
list),
Thanks for you reply and apologies for my double
send of the email (accident) and the text-only email suggestion you made is
happily taken on board! :)
Unfortunately I still have the problem and after
looking over my configuration files and
doing some testing of other modules autoloading, they appear fine; (but then i'm
a nOOb, so what would I know =)
A modprobe -c (for my default settings) shows
the following relevant lines:
alias char-major-13 input
alias char-major-13-32 mousedev
My devfsd.conf file has the following changed from
it's defaults:
1. Full compatibility mode for
old device names Disabled (Using native devfs device names
only)
2. USB Mouse section has /dev/input/mice$
REGISTER/UNREGISTER enabled (/dev/input/mouse* disabled)
3. Module Autoloading setting is on by default so
that has been left as is
The autogenerated modules.devfs has the relevant
entry:
# Input Devices
alias /dev/input/mouse*
mousedev
My /etc/mouse/sysconfig file has the MDEVICE set to
/dev/input/mice
I have created a modules.conf to make the
correct modules for my mouse autoload in time for gpm to pick it up as
follows:
alias char-major-13-63 mousedev (<----don't
even think this is needed if I have the alias /dev/input/mice
mousedev?)
alias /dev/input/mice mousedev
pre-install
mousedev modprobe usb-uhci && modprobe hid
The error I get is:
oops():
[/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0/src/gpm.c(936)]: Could not open
/dev/input/mice.
If I modprobe mousedev it works, but if I just let
the system boot up (& gpm is in the startup script just before
login) the devices don't get autoloaded when the gpm program calls for
/dev/input/mice.
I hope someone has some suggestions!
Cheers,
Frank
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alessandro Rubini" <rubini@xxxxxxx>
To: <frankham69@xxxxxxxxxxx>;
<gpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 8:03
PM
Subject: Re: gpm with USB mouse and
devfs >
> > to "imps2"). The error I get is a "Device /dev/input/mice not found". > > I'd better like to see errno used, so the message is more specific and > standardized in language (Nico, do you agree?). > > Regardless, the error is in the open() call, because there is no such > device registered in the kernel. However, how could the system > know what device is associated to /dev/input/mice? > > > If I have modprobe usb-uhci, input, hid and mousedev statements > > somewhere in my rc startup scripts, the mouse driver loads and gpm works > > perfectly, > > Good. Then you just need to load those modules automatically. But this > is better done when the USB device is plugged than at open time. In > any case, what you need is setting up /etc/modules.conf with the right > information for autoload to happen. > > It's not a gpm problem. Still, if anyone has a reply, that is welcome. > > /alessandro, not autoloading modules to keep his life simple > > > ------=_NextPart_000_0060_01C298CB.F2D19640 > > Content-Type: text/html; > > PS: please avoid sending two copies of your mail message. The html is > definitely unneeded and exceedingly long. You should configure your mailer > to only send the text version of your messages. > > -- > Alessandro Rubini, free software specialist. > Device drivers, embedded systems, courses. > http://ar.linux.it/ > _______________________________________________ > gpm mailing list > gpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linux.it/listinfo/gpm > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.423 / Virus Database: 238 - Release Date: 25/11/2002 |