On Sun, 26 Mar 2006, Horvath Gabor Kalman wrote: > >It depends on what's in the descriptors the mouse sends to the computer. > >If you use a recent version of lsusb, you should be able to see the > >contents of those descriptors. Perhaps the mouse is claiming to be a > >keyboard... > > > > > Bus 002 Device 003: ID 1532:0101 > Device Descriptor: ... > iManufacturer 1 Razer > iProduct 2 Razer Copperhead Laser Mouse ... > bNumInterfaces 2 ... > Interface Descriptor: ... > bInterfaceClass 3 Human Interface Devices > bInterfaceSubClass 0 No Subclass > bInterfaceProtocol 2 Mouse ... > Interface Descriptor: ... > bInterfaceClass 3 Human Interface Devices > bInterfaceSubClass 1 Boot Interface Subclass > bInterfaceProtocol 1 Keyboard ...
> These tell me next to nothing. If you look at just the lines I extracted, you'll see that the device does indeed claim to be both a mouse and a keyboard. Now maybe the driver should ignore the keyboard interface, since it claims to use the Boot Interface Subclass, but maybe not... I'm not familiar with all the details of the HID driver. > >You mean, it fails when the mouse is plugged in at boot time, but it works > >when the mouse doesn't get plugged in until later? I would assume this > >problem will be present in all distributions using a recent 2.6 kernel. > >It's probably due to some weird interaction between the hardware and the > >software. > > > > > It works the same way as the vanilla or the Debian kernels I tested... > replug, got mouse. Boot after longish time off, no mouse. > > After the BIOS update I have a new option in the BIOS, namely "USB > Memory Type: Shadowed|Base Memory" > Not that changing it made any difference :( Well, don't give up. But for now, I don't have any more suggestions. Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Linux-usb-users@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
