[opensuse-factory] Kernel patching question about MS Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
I recently tried to apply the patch for the Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 (from here: http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/16/122 ) to the openSUSE beta1 kernel, to check whether the special keys would work with linux. All went nice until the last step of the modul installation with 'make module_install'. There I got the following message: if [ -r System.map -a -x /sbin/depmod ]; then /sbin/depmod -ae -F System.map 2.6.22.1-16-modified; fi WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.22.1-16-modified/kernel/net/bluetooth/hidp/hidp.ko ignored, due to loop WARNING: Loop detected: /lib/modules/2.6.22.1-16-modified/kernel/drivers/hid/hid.ko needs usbhid.ko which needs hid.ko again! WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.22.1-16-modified/kernel/drivers/hid/hid.ko ignored, due to loop WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.22.1-16-modified/kernel/drivers/hid/usbhid/usbhid.ko ignored, due to loop WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.22.1-16-modified/kernel/drivers/hid/usbhid/usbnek4k.ko ignored, due to loop So it seems that there's some problem with the code and the openSUSE kernel? Despite this fact, I installed the kernel and booted it up, and of course my keyboard wasn't responding anymore. Can anybody help me here, please? Kind regards, Tom --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 09:36:38PM +0200, Thomas Meindl wrote:
I recently tried to apply the patch for the Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 (from here: http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/16/122 ) to the openSUSE beta1 kernel, to check whether the special keys would work with linux. All went nice until the last step of the modul installation with 'make module_install'. There I got the following message:
if [ -r System.map -a -x /sbin/depmod ]; then /sbin/depmod -ae -F System.map 2.6.22.1-16-modified; fi WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.22.1-16-modified/kernel/net/bluetooth/hidp/hidp.ko ignored, due to loop WARNING: Loop detected: /lib/modules/2.6.22.1-16-modified/kernel/drivers/hid/hid.ko needs usbhid.ko which needs hid.ko again! WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.22.1-16-modified/kernel/drivers/hid/hid.ko ignored, due to loop WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.22.1-16-modified/kernel/drivers/hid/usbhid/usbhid.ko ignored, due to loop WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.22.1-16-modified/kernel/drivers/hid/usbhid/usbnek4k.ko ignored, due to loop
So it seems that there's some problem with the code and the openSUSE kernel? Despite this fact, I installed the kernel and booted it up, and of course my keyboard wasn't responding anymore. Can anybody help me here, please?
Applying random patches found around the internet is bad for your kernel and is totally unsupported by us. This patch is not working and does not apply to our kernel tree, we do not recommend it at all. Sorry about your keyboard, next time you might want to purchase hardware from a company that isn't so Linux unfriendly :) Oh, you do know about the opensuse-kernel list, right? That's the better place for questions like this in the future. thanks, greg k-h p.s. Yes, people are still working on getting this hardware supported, but it will be a while, it looks like much after 10.3 is out, sorry. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
Greg KH schrieb:
On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 09:36:38PM +0200, Thomas Meindl wrote:
I recently tried to apply the patch for the Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 (from here: http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/16/122 ) to the openSUSE beta1 kernel, to check whether the special keys would work with linux. All went nice until the last step of the modul installation with 'make module_install'. There I got the following message:
if [ -r System.map -a -x /sbin/depmod ]; then /sbin/depmod -ae -F System.map 2.6.22.1-16-modified; fi WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.22.1-16-modified/kernel/net/bluetooth/hidp/hidp.ko ignored, due to loop WARNING: Loop detected: /lib/modules/2.6.22.1-16-modified/kernel/drivers/hid/hid.ko needs usbhid.ko which needs hid.ko again! WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.22.1-16-modified/kernel/drivers/hid/hid.ko ignored, due to loop WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.22.1-16-modified/kernel/drivers/hid/usbhid/usbhid.ko ignored, due to loop WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.22.1-16-modified/kernel/drivers/hid/usbhid/usbnek4k.ko ignored, due to loop
So it seems that there's some problem with the code and the openSUSE kernel? Despite this fact, I installed the kernel and booted it up, and of course my keyboard wasn't responding anymore. Can anybody help me here, please?
Applying random patches found around the internet is bad for your kernel and is totally unsupported by us.
This patch is not working and does not apply to our kernel tree, we do not recommend it at all. Sorry about your keyboard, next time you might want to purchase hardware from a company that isn't so Linux unfriendly :)
Oh, you do know about the opensuse-kernel list, right? That's the better place for questions like this in the future.
thanks,
greg k-h
p.s. Yes, people are still working on getting this hardware supported, but it will be a while, it looks like much after 10.3 is out, sorry.
Oh, sorry didn't know about the list. I'm just trying to patch the kernel, because of pure curiosity whether the special keys would work or not. So it's not really important for me to have them working, I'm just trying ... and kernel patching is not my discipline, but I like to learn. About the hardware I like to say, that MS is the only one that I know that builds proper natural keyboards (which are really a salvation against tendinitis). And of course it's nice to hear that there are people on the task to get this keyboard supported. So, thanks for the fast reply, Kind regards, Tom PS: ...and of course thank you a lot for all the work on the kernel and for linux! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
On 15/08/07, Thomas Meindl
Oh, sorry didn't know about the list. I'm just trying to patch the kernel, because of pure curiosity whether the special keys would work or not. So it's not really important for me to have them working, I'm just trying ... and kernel patching is not my discipline, but I like to learn.
About the hardware I like to say, that MS is the only one that I know that builds proper natural keyboards (which are really a salvation against tendinitis).
Yes, the ms4000 keyboard is the first keyboard I've felt really comfortable with using for very long periods of time. No other keyboard I've used comes close, not even the old IBM model Ms. And knowing how many SUSE employees have ms4000s it's surprising they're not fully supported yet. BTW the only keys that don't work are the 1-5 keys at the top, the zoom slider, and the "My Favorites"(sic) [They spell it wrong, even on the UK edition :( ] button. All the other keys work using the traditional MS natural layout. _ Benjamin Weber --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
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