hi, i have two mice in my system, both usb. one is "Microsoft® 2.4GHz Transceiver v5.0" (that one works fine) and the other is "Razer Taipan" (that one does not work). both mice are connected via usb hub in my display. # uname -a Linux shaxer.fordfrog.com 3.6.6-gentoo #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Nov 6 12:50:23 CET 2012 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux dmesg output after boot: [ 2.357115] usb 2-1.6.4: new full-speed USB device number 7 using ehci_hcd [ 2.430933] usb 2-1.6.4: device descriptor read/64, error -32 [ 2.618225] usb 2-1.6.4: New USB device found, idVendor=1532, idProduct=0034 [ 2.618368] usb 2-1.6.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 [ 2.618563] usb 2-1.6.4: Product: Razer Taipan [ 2.618680] usb 2-1.6.4: Manufacturer: Razer [ 3.020661] input: Razer Razer Taipan as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.6/2-1.6.4/2-1.6.4:1.0/input/input4 [ 3.021025] hid-generic 0003:1532:0034.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Razer Razer Taipan] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.6.4/input0 [ 3.022561] input: Razer Razer Taipan as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.6/2-1.6.4/2-1.6.4:1.1/input/input5 [ 3.022854] hid-generic 0003:1532:0034.0002: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [Razer Razer Taipan] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.6.4/input1 [ 3.023251] input: Razer Razer Taipan as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.6/2-1.6.4/2-1.6.4:1.2/input/input6 [ 3.023636] hid-generic 0003:1532:0034.0003: input,hidraw2: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [Razer Razer Taipan] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.6.4/input2 dmesg output after unplugging and plugging the mouse again: [ 1391.995745] usb 2-1.6.4: new full-speed USB device number 10 using ehci_hcd [ 1392.082377] usb 2-1.6.4: New USB device found, idVendor=1532, idProduct=0034 [ 1392.082394] usb 2-1.6.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 [ 1392.082399] usb 2-1.6.4: Product: Razer Taipan [ 1392.082403] usb 2-1.6.4: Manufacturer: Razer [ 1392.083316] input: Razer Razer Taipan as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.6/2-1.6.4/2-1.6.4:1.0/input/input23 [ 1392.083711] hid-generic 0003:1532:0034.0007: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Razer Razer Taipan] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.6.4/input0 [ 1392.085887] input: Razer Razer Taipan as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.6/2-1.6.4/2-1.6.4:1.1/input/input24 [ 1392.086136] hid-generic 0003:1532:0034.0008: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [Razer Razer Taipan] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.6.4/input1 [ 1392.086951] input: Razer Razer Taipan as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.6/2-1.6.4/2-1.6.4:1.2/input/input25 [ 1392.100363] input: failed to attach handler kbd to device input25, error: -16 [ 1392.100577] hid-generic 0003:1532:0034.0009: input,hidraw2: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [Razer Razer Taipan] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.6.4/input2 /proc/bus/input/devices lists this: I: Bus=0003 Vendor=1532 Product=0034 Version=0111 N: Name="Razer Razer Taipan" P: Phys=usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.6.4/input0 S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.6/2-1.6.4/2-1.6.4:1.0/input/input23 U: Uniq= H: Handlers=mouse0 event4 B: PROP=0 B: EV=17 B: KEY=1f0000 0 0 0 0 B: REL=103 B: MSC=10 I: Bus=0003 Vendor=1532 Product=0034 Version=0111 N: Name="Razer Razer Taipan" P: Phys=usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.6.4/input1 S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.6/2-1.6.4/2-1.6.4:1.1/input/input24 U: Uniq= H: Handlers=sysrq kbd event5 B: PROP=0 B: EV=10001f B: KEY=4837fff072ff32d bf54444600000000 1 30c100b17c007 ffbf7bfad941dfff febeffdfffefffff fffffffffffffffe B: REL=40 B: ABS=ffffff0100000000 B: MSC=10 I: Bus=0003 Vendor=1532 Product=0034 Version=0111 N: Name="Razer Razer Taipan" P: Phys=usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.6.4/input2 S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.6/2-1.6.4/2-1.6.4:1.2/input/input25 U: Uniq= H: Handlers=sysrq event6 B: PROP=0 B: EV=120013 B: KEY=1000000000007 ff9f207ac14057ff febeffdfffefffff fffffffffffffffe B: MSC=10 B: LED=7 reading from the event file fails: # LC_ALL=C cat /dev/input/event4 cat: /dev/input/event4: Device or resource busy my kernel config: http://pastebin.com/1VNKetxz complete dmesg output: http://pastebin.com/NX3Z7c6W the mouse used to work in kernel 3.2.x but that used usb-generic module instead of hid-generic. i also tried kernel 3.4.11 but the mouse does not work there. the mouse works fine under windows and works in gui bios too. can i help somehow to make this mouse work again in linux kernel? miroslav -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
