"Steve R. Hastings" wrote: > It was the kernel. I'm running 2.4.1 now and that fixed it. > > After I got the system into a known working state (by re-installing from > the unofficial Woody CDs) I built a new kernel. I figured out that I > have a problem with building 2.2.18pre21 now; I used to be able to build > it but no longer can. I built 2.4.1 instead, and net started working > perfectly. The version of tulip.c in the 2.4.1 kernel sources is new > enough to properly talk to my Linksys LNE100TX. > > The USB howto file, version 0.8, contains advice that did NOT work for > me! I found a different howto file, and the advice in that file did > help me. The file that helped me was here: > > http://linuxkb.cheek.com/pages/usb-howto/book1.html > > The command that made a working mouse device for me was: > > mknod /dev/input/mice c 13 63 > > The 0.8 howto has a different command (mknod /dev/usbmouse0 c 180 16) > and that did NOT work for me. I believe the numbers "13 63" are correct > for my USB mouse; "180 16" didn't do anything for me. > > By the way, I am loving 2.4.1; it built with no problems, my net card > worked without patching, and my system actually seems faster. I didn't > expect the system to really feel faster, but it does. Specifically, > Gnome starts up faster than before; that's where I really notice it. > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I just wanted to put in my two cents worth and say that what got a working mouse for my microsoft intellimouse explorer was cd /dev mknod usbmouse c 13 32 Then of course you have to make sure you're loading all the proper kernel modules for it. Hope that might help. Jimmy Richards
