On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 21:08, Sebastian Kapfer wrote: > On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 00:00:22 +0200, Jonathan Brandmeyer wrote: > > [configuring USB HID mouse] > > I'm using the stock 2.4.21 kernel on Sid with separately compiled > > openafs and nvidia modules. The required USB drivers are installed in > > the running kernel (hid, usbcore, usb-uhci, input). > > Doesn't one need usbmouse also? I'm not sure.
Nope, see below. > > > However, X cannot open /dev/input/mice with the error "no such device". > > I tried `cat /dev/input/mice` and received the same error... but `ls > > /dev/input` shows that it is there! > > "no such device" doesn't mean the device node is missing; it means Linux > doesn't know what device it should connect with that node. > > Please post the output of ls -l /dev/input/mice. Maybe the device file has > been damaged. It should display the numbers 13, 63 (major/minor number) in > the size column. Try loading usbmouse first, though :-) Actually, I had checked the device numbers earlier, but thanks for the suggestion. It is a major-13, minor-63 device. Loading usbmouse didn't change that. But, if I boot with the parameter devfs=mount, everything magically works. Some googling turned up a pdf of something that looked like it came from a magazine that described devfs, so I gave it a whirl (about a minute before you responded). Poof, magic. The modules usb, usb-uhci, and hid are all marked 'unused', but a new module was loaded named mousedev. ( Digs around in menuconfig for the stock kernel) Hmmmm... It seems that there was a missing module: mousedev. devfsd automatically inserted it for me, and the mouse works. usbmouse was *not* inserted by devfsd and the mouse works without it. Thanks, Jonathan ( Before using devfs) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/dev/input$ ls -l mice crw-r--r-- 1 root root 13, 63 2003-08-13 16:22 mice [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/dev/input$ cat mice cat: mice: No such device (After using devfs) illuvatar:/dev/input# ls -l mice crw-rw---- 1 root root 13, 63 1969-12-31 19:00 mice illuvatar:/dev/input# cat mice [ the expected garbage ] Wow, look at that creation date. Must be a devfsd thing? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
