Solved. The problem was, that the /etc/sysconfig/hwconf file already had the USB mouse listed, so kudzu did not see any need to reconfigure anything. I run mouseconfig by hand and selected an USB mouse and now everything works. This situation probably happened after my experiments with diffeent mice... Regards, David >"Mike A. Harris" <mharris@xxxxxxxxxx> > >>On Tue, 14 Oct 2003, DAVID BALAZIC wrote: >> >>>I just booted Shrike and my USB mouse does not work. >>>(not on console, not in X11) >>>The mouse works if I kill gpm and run it like : >>>gpm -t imps2 -m /dev/input/mice >>> >>>It seems kudzu is not detecting it correctly ( I had >>>some serial and PS/2 mice configured on the previous boot ) >>> >>>Here is some data: >>> >>>Mouse : HP ( Logitech really ) 3 button USB mouse, >>> model : M-UD43 >> >>Some datapoints: >> >>- Serial mice aren't/can't be detected well. >>- Serial mice are getting rather ancient and becoming borderline >> unsupported, or rather "works as is" so to speak >>- USB mice are becoming the norm >>- XFree86 is not hotplug aware and does not autodetect or >> autoconfigure mice, thus requiring an external tool to ensure >> the config file is set correctly. >> >>Many laptop users have one or more pointing devices built in, as >>well as the option to use an external pointing device, either >>serial, PS/2, or USB (or other). Since there was a growing >>desire to have USB pointing devices "just work" better than the >>status quo, our config tools now always configure a USB mouse as >>the secondary pointing device even if you don't have one. This >>is harmless under normal circumstances. >> >>If you install the OS, with a PS/2 device plugged in, you will >>get a PS/2 mouse as your primary "core pointer" in XFree86. You >>will also get a USB mouse configured secondary with >>"SendCoreEvents". This device need not be plugged in or even >>exist, however if one is plugged in prior to X starting, it will >>work. If plugged in after X has started, it will not work as >>XFree86 does not support hotplug pointing devices yet. >> >>You removed serial and/or USB pointing devices, leaving your >>configuration with an odd state. While I agree that the optimal >>situation in all cases with computers is for the operating system >>software to just plain autodetect everything in all cases under >>all circumstances, and "just work", the underlying problem at >>hand here is that XFree86 simply does not have the functionality >>that is required to "just do that" without any user intervention >>at all. XFree86 4.4.0 has some enhancements which might help >>here, but that is a way off yet. >> >>So... >> >>When you change your mouse from what was plugged in during >>installation, or change the connection type (serial, PS/2, USB), >>you very much do need to reconfigure your pointing devices by >>running redhat-config-mouse, or by editing the configuration >>file. >> >>While this may be an inconvenience to some users, this is the >>bottom of the line state of mouse support in Linux operating >>systems currently, and in XFree86. >> >>The downside of this, is that Windows users requiring >>autoconfiguration and autodetection of all hardware 100% of the >>time with zero intervention, should probably stick using Windows >>for another year or two or three... or perhaps 6 months if we're >>lucky. 2.6.0 + 4.4.0 might give us what we need. >> >>Hope this helps. > >A bit, but it does not explain why kudzu does not detect >the presence of the USB mouse and configure at least gpm >to use it. > >I fixed XFree86 by adding a line into /etc/X11/XF86Config : > >Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "Default Layout" > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" > InputDevice "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore" # I added this > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" >EndSection > >Then I killed X by ctrl-alt-BS and when it restarted ( runlevel is 5 ) >the mouse worked. > >I'll think about this and then maybe report a bug against kudzu. > >Regards, >-- >David Balazic >E-mail : david.balazic@xxxxxxxxx | living in sLOVEnija >home page: http://surf.to/stein >-- > > >-- >Shrike-list mailing list >Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list -- David Balazic E-mail : david.balazic@xxxxxxxxx | living in sLOVEnija home page: http://surf.to/stein -- -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
