-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 04 March 2004 07:53 am, Kent West wrote: > Didn't know how to title this thread. > Also didn't find much via google, so asking here. > > I've just installed a brand new Debian box using unstable and a > 2.4.22 kernel. > > I thought "discover" was the new-and-coming thing that would > automagically find that the box has a USB subsystem and a USB mouse, > but yet "lsmod" and "dmesg" don't show any USB modules/activity until > I manually (either using "modconf" or "modprobe") add USB-related > modules. > > Am I misunderstanding what "discover" does? > > What is the canonical way to set up hardware now-a-days? Am I still > supposed to add modules manually, or is there some automagic way of > doing it now? Perhaps this is a feature of 2.6 rather than 2.4? (In > other words, what's the future of hardware setup on Debian look > like?) > > Thanks! > > -- > Kent
Discover & Hotplug were installed on a new Testing install, along with USB support. Do you have any USB devices attached during the install? I had a USB mouse attached and it was configured properly. Testing uses a 2.4.24 kernel. Are you using the new Debian Installer ? - -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAR2oBk7rtxKWZzGsRAq0QAJ4gP+M5sobbwlo5lQ9hTWLnEeY9bQCfVG5V TyfLWb2ZDir4QdLY8evakVE= =zvwV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]