It seems that success with USB mice (into USB connector) varies. In my case, during a long time I didn't succeed with kernel>2.4.2: I had infinite debugging messages like "May be the USB cable is bad?" in /var/log/messages, and the mouse was not recognized (lsusb) and did not work.
Finally, as desperate trial, I used 2.4.2 hub.c source for compiling kernels, instead of that one in kernel. Success has been complete in 2.4.4 and 2.4.7 (not in 2.4.9). Go figure.
----- Mensaje original -----
De: "Glenn Williams"
Para:
Enviado: domingo, 23 de septiembre de 2001 18:24
Asunto: Re: [SLE] USB mouse
: On Saturday 22 September 2001 10:44, Ron White wrote:
: > To the group,
: >
: > For what it's worth.
: >
: > A while back I tried to get SuSE 7.2 to recognize a usb mouse which
: > was plugged into a usb port. I got many suggestions from the list,
: > but no matter what I tried it just wouldn't work.
: >
: > I took a little poll on this list and no one was using a usb port.
: > Everyone used a ps/2 port.
: >
: > I just installed SuSE 7.2 on a machine that has the same kind of
: > mouse, but it's plugged into the ps/2 port, and the mouse was
: > recognized and works ok. The wheel even works.
: >
: > The conclusion I've come to is that you can't use a mouse plugged
: > into a usb port.
: >
: > Ron
:
: Hi, Ron:
:
: Well, true, except for one detail. I am using a Logitech MouseMan
: Wheel, optical mouse with cord, Model M-BD53 on this machine. I am
: running SuSE 7.2 Pro and the machine is a home-brew Pentium 3, 450 MHz.
:
: The mouse is plugged into a USB port. It does everything but make the
: coffee and *scroll* - and I am fairly certain a little time spent on
: editing one of the XF86 configuration files would fix that problem.
: (Not sure about the coffee-making feature - I might wind up with
: espresso.)
:
: The question is: *which* of the XF86 configuration files is the
: appropriate one to edit for this version of SuSE Linux. There are at
: least two.
:
: Maybe someone could point us to the appropriate file to edit. Seems to
: me you said you picked the wrong file, and when you edited it, the
: mouse no longer worked.
:
: Then again, there may be a difference between SuSE 7.2 Pro and 7.2
: Personal.
:
: Regards,
:
: Glenn
:
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