Re: Debian upgrade to 2.6 and mouse problem
Thanks ! it worked - though the 2.612 compilation was not smooth ... make oldconfig did not do the work , it left the option of CONFIG_BROKEN=y , and so the make modules did not pass. i had to do make config to change that one , and then the kernel has compiled and finally the mouse is working !! Chava Hi, I experienced some mouse issues using Sarge (Debian stable, kernel 2.6.8). My problems were solved once I upgraded (compiled my own kernel) to kernel 2.6.12 . If you don't have the time to compile your own kernel, you can always use the Debian backports: http://backports.org . They have a 2.6.18 kernel package for etch + all archs in there. Note that the mousedev module is dropped in kernel>=2.6.12 so you should remove it from your /etc/modules if you upgrade. Shlomil On 28/12/06, Chava Leviatan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi again, The trus is that I am not a Debian guru at all... I just need to develop some modules for the 2.6 Since I already worked with RH for the pas 2-3 years , I thught it will be nice to change to a different distro (was I wrong ?? ) So , any other distro recomendations will be highly appreciated , as long as the mouse works .. Chava - Original Message - From: "Shachar Shemesh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Chava Leviatan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 11:13 AM Subject: Re: Debian upgrade to 2.6 and mouse problem > Chava Leviatan wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have installed Debian 3.1 and everything worked fine until I have >> decided to upgrade it to 2.6. >> The upgrade process was done through Debian kernel package (2.6.8). >> >> After I rebooted the machine , the mouse did not work (not detected ). >> It's a PS/2 mouse connected through a KVM . I have also tried to >> powerdown all the machines that on that KVM , but >> no success. >> >> I do understand that this is a common problem with 2.6 upgrades, >> however all the tips that I could find did not work >> (like reconfigure xserevr-freex86, psmouse_noext etc') >> >> Any suggestions? > How is the mouse connected? PS2? USB? > > Also, please send the output of "lsmod" > > Shachar > > -- > Shachar Shemesh > Lingnu Open Source Consulting ltd. > Have you backed up today's work? http://www.lingnu.com/backup.html > > = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian upgrade to 2.6 and mouse problem
Hi, I experienced some mouse issues using Sarge (Debian stable, kernel 2.6.8). My problems were solved once I upgraded (compiled my own kernel) to kernel 2.6.12 . If you don't have the time to compile your own kernel, you can always use the Debian backports: http://backports.org . They have a 2.6.18 kernel package for etch + all archs in there. Note that the mousedev module is dropped in kernel>=2.6.12 so you should remove it from your /etc/modules if you upgrade. Shlomil On 28/12/06, Chava Leviatan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi again, The trus is that I am not a Debian guru at all... I just need to develop some modules for the 2.6 Since I already worked with RH for the pas 2-3 years , I thught it will be nice to change to a different distro (was I wrong ?? ) So , any other distro recomendations will be highly appreciated , as long as the mouse works .. Chava - Original Message - From: "Shachar Shemesh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Chava Leviatan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 11:13 AM Subject: Re: Debian upgrade to 2.6 and mouse problem > Chava Leviatan wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have installed Debian 3.1 and everything worked fine until I have >> decided to upgrade it to 2.6. >> The upgrade process was done through Debian kernel package (2.6.8). >> >> After I rebooted the machine , the mouse did not work (not detected ). >> It's a PS/2 mouse connected through a KVM . I have also tried to >> powerdown all the machines that on that KVM , but >> no success. >> >> I do understand that this is a common problem with 2.6 upgrades, >> however all the tips that I could find did not work >> (like reconfigure xserevr-freex86, psmouse_noext etc') >> >> Any suggestions? > How is the mouse connected? PS2? USB? > > Also, please send the output of "lsmod" > > Shachar > > -- > Shachar Shemesh > Lingnu Open Source Consulting ltd. > Have you backed up today's work? http://www.lingnu.com/backup.html > > = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian upgrade to 2.6 and mouse problem
ביום חמישי 28 דצמבר 2006, 11:38, נכתב על ידי Ori Idan: > Make sure you have the modules mousedev and psmouse loaded. > I had similar problems that X could not find /dev/mouse etc. and the answer > was loading these drivers. The modules for some reason are not loaded for you, hust add them to /etc/modules as Uri said. Another ugly trick is installing GPM which uses /dev/mice instead of testing for it and then failing because it does not exist yet (as Xorg does). -- diego, kde-il translation team - http://il.kde.org Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian upgrade to 2.6 and mouse problem
What happens if you bypass the KVM? Chava Leviatan wrote: Hi shachar, First - thanks . Then for the answeres: Ok, let's move to the second stage, then :-) what does "ls -l /dev/psaux" do? It should be something along the lines of "crw-rw 1 root root 10, 1 2006-12-28 15:14 /dev/psaux" Yep - it gives that exact lines If it's there, do "cat /dev/psaux" and try moving your mouse around. What happens? Nothing . :-( I moved it and moved it and nothing has happened = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian upgrade to 2.6 and mouse problem
Also, it didn't say "no such device", right? Yep, it is there Can you paste the output of "dmesg" on a freshly booted machine? Shachar -- Shachar Shemesh Lingnu Open Source Consulting ltd. Have you backed up today's work? http://www.lingnu.com/backup.html = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian upgrade to 2.6 and mouse problem
Chava Leviatan wrote: > Hi again, > > The trus is that I am not a Debian guru at all... I just need to > develop some modules for the 2.6 > Since I already worked with RH for the pas 2-3 years , I thught it > will be nice to change to a different > distro (was I wrong ?? ) > > So , any other distro recomendations will be highly appreciated , as > long as the mouse works .. Personally, I'm on Debian Etch (4.0, not yet released). A lot of hw related stuff was fixed there. Another distro that seems to be popular lately is Ubuntu (no significant personal experience with it). > Chava Shachar -- Shachar Shemesh Lingnu Open Source Consulting ltd. Have you backed up today's work? http://www.lingnu.com/backup.html = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian upgrade to 2.6 and mouse problem
Chava Leviatan wrote: >> If it's there, do "cat /dev/psaux" and try moving your mouse around. >> What happens? > > Nothing . :-( I moved it and moved it and nothing has happened What about moving it some more, than? Just kidding. What about /dev/input/mice? Also, it didn't say "no such device", right? Can you paste the output of "dmesg" on a freshly booted machine? Shachar -- Shachar Shemesh Lingnu Open Source Consulting ltd. Have you backed up today's work? http://www.lingnu.com/backup.html = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian upgrade to 2.6 and mouse problem
Hi again, The trus is that I am not a Debian guru at all... I just need to develop some modules for the 2.6 Since I already worked with RH for the pas 2-3 years , I thught it will be nice to change to a different distro (was I wrong ?? ) So , any other distro recomendations will be highly appreciated , as long as the mouse works .. Chava - Original Message - From: "Shachar Shemesh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Chava Leviatan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 11:13 AM Subject: Re: Debian upgrade to 2.6 and mouse problem Chava Leviatan wrote: Hi, I have installed Debian 3.1 and everything worked fine until I have decided to upgrade it to 2.6. The upgrade process was done through Debian kernel package (2.6.8). After I rebooted the machine , the mouse did not work (not detected ). It's a PS/2 mouse connected through a KVM . I have also tried to powerdown all the machines that on that KVM , but no success. I do understand that this is a common problem with 2.6 upgrades, however all the tips that I could find did not work (like reconfigure xserevr-freex86, psmouse_noext etc') Any suggestions? How is the mouse connected? PS2? USB? Also, please send the output of "lsmod" Shachar -- Shachar Shemesh Lingnu Open Source Consulting ltd. Have you backed up today's work? http://www.lingnu.com/backup.html = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian upgrade to 2.6 and mouse problem
Hi shachar, First - thanks . Then for the answeres: Ok, let's move to the second stage, then :-) what does "ls -l /dev/psaux" do? It should be something along the lines of "crw-rw 1 root root 10, 1 2006-12-28 15:14 /dev/psaux" Yep - it gives that exact lines If it's there, do "cat /dev/psaux" and try moving your mouse around. What happens? Nothing . :-( I moved it and moved it and nothing has happened Shachar -- Shachar Shemesh Lingnu Open Source Consulting ltd. Have you backed up today's work? http://www.lingnu.com/backup.html = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian upgrade to 2.6 and mouse problem
Chava Leviatan wrote: > As you can see psmouse and mousedev are loaded . Ok, let's move to the second stage, then :-) what does "ls -l /dev/psaux" do? It should be something along the lines of "crw-rw 1 root root 10, 1 2006-12-28 15:14 /dev/psaux" If it's there, do "cat /dev/psaux" and try moving your mouse around. What happens? If it's not there, do (as root) : mknod /dev/psaux c 10 1 and then repeat the exercise above. Shachar -- Shachar Shemesh Lingnu Open Source Consulting ltd. Have you backed up today's work? http://www.lingnu.com/backup.html = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian upgrade to 2.6 and mouse problem
The mouse is ps2 onnected through a kvm . here's lsmod: Module Size Used by ipv6 265124 8 af_packet 22600 2 parport_pc 36900 0 parport41800 1 parport_pc floppy 61200 0 pcspkr 3592 0 rtc12760 0 snd_cs46xx 91976 0 snd_rawmidi25124 1 snd_cs46xx snd_seq_device 8200 1 snd_rawmidi snd_ac97_codec 69988 1 snd_cs46xx snd_pcm98728 1 snd_cs46xx snd_timer 25732 1 snd_pcm snd57156 6 snd_cs46xx,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer snd_page_alloc 11752 2 snd_cs46xx,snd_pcm gameport4704 1 snd_cs46xx pci_hotplug34640 0 intel_agp 22816 1 uhci_hcd 33136 0 usbcore 119044 3 uhci_hcd cs46xx 70028 1 soundcore 10272 3 snd,cs46xx ac97_codec 18956 1 cs46xx e100 32608 0 mii 5120 1 e100 agpgart34664 1 intel_agp tsdev 7392 0 mousedev 10476 1 evdev 9600 0 capability 4520 0 commoncap 7232 1 capability psmouse20360 0 ide_cd 42656 0 cdrom 40732 1 ide_cd ext3 127432 1 jbd62616 1 ext3 mbcache 9348 1 ext3 ide_generic 1408 0 piix 13440 1 ide_disk 19296 3 ide_core 139940 4 ide_cd,ide_generic,piix,ide_disk sd_mod 21728 0 ata_piix8132 0 libata 41700 1 ata_piix scsi_mod 125228 2 sd_mod,libata unix 28788 196 font8320 0 vesafb 6656 0 cfbcopyarea 3872 1 vesafb cfbimgblt 3040 1 vesafb cfbfillrect 3776 1 vesafb As you can see psmouse and mousedev are loaded . - Original Message - From: "Shachar Shemesh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Chava Leviatan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 11:13 AM Subject: Re: Debian upgrade to 2.6 and mouse problem Chava Leviatan wrote: Hi, I have installed Debian 3.1 and everything worked fine until I have decided to upgrade it to 2.6. The upgrade process was done through Debian kernel package (2.6.8). After I rebooted the machine , the mouse did not work (not detected ). It's a PS/2 mouse connected through a KVM . I have also tried to powerdown all the machines that on that KVM , but no success. I do understand that this is a common problem with 2.6 upgrades, however all the tips that I could find did not work (like reconfigure xserevr-freex86, psmouse_noext etc') Any suggestions? How is the mouse connected? PS2? USB? Also, please send the output of "lsmod" Shachar -- Shachar Shemesh Lingnu Open Source Consulting ltd. Have you backed up today's work? http://www.lingnu.com/backup.html = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian upgrade to 2.6 and mouse problem
Make sure you have the modules mousedev and psmouse loaded. I had similar problems that X could not find /dev/mouse etc. and the answer was loading these drivers. -- Ori Idan On 12/28/06, Chava Leviatan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I have installed Debian 3.1 and everything worked fine until I have decided to upgrade it to 2.6. The upgrade process was done through Debian kernel package (2.6.8). After I rebooted the machine , the mouse did not work (not detected ). It's a PS/2 mouse connected through a KVM . I have also tried to powerdown all the machines that on that KVM , but no success. I do understand that this is a common problem with 2.6 upgrades, however all the tips that I could find did not work (like reconfigure xserevr-freex86, psmouse_noext etc') Any suggestions? Thanks, Chava
Re: Debian upgrade to 2.6 and mouse problem
Chava Leviatan wrote: I do understand that this is a common problem with 2.6 upgrades, however all the tips that I could find did not work (like reconfigure xserevr-freex86, psmouse_noext etc') Try to add to /etc/modules psmouse mousedev Also recommended to update udev package. --- Maxx = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian upgrade to 2.6 and mouse problem
Chava Leviatan wrote: > Hi, > > I have installed Debian 3.1 and everything worked fine until I have > decided to upgrade it to 2.6. > The upgrade process was done through Debian kernel package (2.6.8). > > After I rebooted the machine , the mouse did not work (not detected ). > It's a PS/2 mouse connected through a KVM . I have also tried to > powerdown all the machines that on that KVM , but > no success. > > I do understand that this is a common problem with 2.6 upgrades, > however all the tips that I could find did not work > (like reconfigure xserevr-freex86, psmouse_noext etc') > > Any suggestions? How is the mouse connected? PS2? USB? Also, please send the output of "lsmod" Shachar -- Shachar Shemesh Lingnu Open Source Consulting ltd. Have you backed up today's work? http://www.lingnu.com/backup.html = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian upgrade to 2.6 and mouse problem
Hi, I have installed Debian 3.1 and everything worked fine until I have decided to upgrade it to 2.6. The upgrade process was done through Debian kernel package (2.6.8). After I rebooted the machine , the mouse did not work (not detected ). It's a PS/2 mouse connected through a KVM . I have also tried to powerdown all the machines that on that KVM , but no success. I do understand that this is a common problem with 2.6 upgrades, however all the tips that I could find did not work (like reconfigure xserevr-freex86, psmouse_noext etc') Any suggestions? Thanks, Chava
