On 4/21/07, Mark Shields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 4/21/07, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> On 4/21/07, Mark Shields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On 4/21/07, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > My son got a new, fancy Razer gaming keyboard for his birthday today.
> > > The keyboard works in grub so I can choose Windows or Linux. It works
> > > fine in Windows but once Gentoo is booted it does nothing.
> > >
> <SNIP>
> >
> >
> > Have you installed hotplug? iirc, it's still required to load up the
likes
> > of USB peripherals you state.
> >
> > # esearch ^hotplug$
> > * sys-apps/hotplug
> > Available versions: 20030805-r2 20030805-r3 20040105 20040401
> > ~20040920 20040923 20040923-r1 20040923-r2
> > Homepage:
> > http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net
> > Description: USB and PCI hotplug scripts
> >
> > --
> > - Mark Shields
>
> Humm....OK - I thought that both hotplug and coldplug were depreciated
> by udev. I see that I can emerge hotplug but it tells me to use
> coldplug. When I try to emerge coldplug it's blocked by udev.
>
> I emerged hotplug and started it but it still doesn't do anything with
> lsusb and the keyboard itself doesn't do anything on the system yet.
>
> Sector9 ~ # lsusb
> Bus 002 Device 003: ID 1532:0101
> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 05e3:0604 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB 1.1 Hub
> Bus 002 Device 014: ID 1532:0102
> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> Sector9 ~ # /etc/init.d/hotplug start
> * Caching service dependencies ...
> [ ok ]
> Sector9 ~ # lsusb
> Bus 002 Device 003: ID 1532:0101
> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 05e3:0604 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB 1.1 Hub
> Bus 002 Device 014: ID 1532:0102
> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> Sector9 ~ #
>
> I really suspect the issue here is that the system - maybe udev? -
> doesn't know these devices are keyboard and mouse.
>
> - Mark
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It's been a while since I've used anything that required any sort of
hotplugging, so it was just a suggestion. Looking again now, have you
enabled CONFIG_USB_HID (USB Human Interface Device (full HID) support)?
The help for that states:
CONFIG_USB_HID:
Say Y here if you want full HID support to connect keyboards,
mice, joysticks, graphic tablets, or any other HID based devices
to your computer via USB. You also need to select HID Input layer
support (below) if you want to use keyboards, mice, joysticks and
the like ... as well as Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) and
monitor control devices.
You can't use this driver and the HIDBP (Boot Protocol) keyboard
and mouse drivers at the same time. More information is available:
<file:Documentation/input/input.txt>.
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- Mark Shields
Yes, it's set.
Sector9 ~ # cat /usr/src/linux/.config | grep CONFIG_USB_HID
CONFIG_USB_HID=y
CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT=y
# CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT_POWERBOOK is not set
# CONFIG_USB_HIDDEV is not set
Sector9 ~ #
Now, I just grabbed a Microsoft USB mouse and it's not working either
so I think you're onto the right area. I must not have something
turned on that is required for any of these USB input devices to work.
Of course, by 'not working' I'm saying X isn't responding. Maybe the
mouse is working and X isn't configured correctly? xorg.conf has this:
Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier and driver
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Auto" # Auto detect
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
As I say with the M$ mouse plugged in it's recognized but it doesn't
cause X to do anything:
Sector9 linux # lsusb
Bus 002 Device 015: ID 045e:0039 Microsoft Corp. IntelliMouse Optical
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 1532:0101
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 05e3:0604 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB 1.1 Hub
Bus 002 Device 014: ID 1532:0102
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Is there a way to cat the mouse output to a terminal so that when I
wiggle the mouse I see some stuff in the terminal?
Thanks,
Mark
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