Re: USB & 2. 4 kernels

2002-05-08 Thread Rob Weir
On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 07:51:57AM -0400, Thomas R. Shemanske wrote: > USB modules (for keyboard and mouse (HID devices)) need to be compiled > staticly into the kernel (not loaded as modules) so they are available > at boot time. You can do this with dynamically modules but only if you > run a

Re: USB & 2. 4 kernels

2002-05-06 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2002-05-06 at 18:05, Bud Rogers wrote: > On Monday 06 May 2002 06:51 am, Thomas R. Shemanske wrote: > > USB modules (for keyboard and mouse (HID devices)) need to be > > compiled staticly into the kernel (not loaded as modules) so they are > > available at boot time. You can do this with d

Re: USB & 2. 4 kernels

2002-05-06 Thread Bud Rogers
On Monday 06 May 2002 06:51 am, Thomas R. Shemanske wrote: > USB modules (for keyboard and mouse (HID devices)) need to be > compiled staticly into the kernel (not loaded as modules) so they are > available at boot time. You can do this with dynamically modules but > only if you run an initrd kern

Re: USB & 2. 4 kernels

2002-05-06 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Thomas R. Shemanske wrote on Mon May 06, 2002 um 07:51:57AM: > USB modules (for keyboard and mouse (HID devices)) need to be compiled > staticly into the kernel (not loaded as modules) so they are available With some keyboard/controller combinations, the drivers hangs at boot-time or s

Re: USB & 2. 4 kernels

2002-05-06 Thread Thomas R. Shemanske
USB modules (for keyboard and mouse (HID devices)) need to be compiled staticly into the kernel (not loaded as modules) so they are available at boot time. You can do this with dynamically modules but only if you run an initrd kernel (such as the stock Debian kernels). Other USB modules such

Re: USB & 2. 4 kernels

2002-05-04 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"David" == David Roundy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: David> On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 12:57:38PM -0500, Bud Rogers wrote: >> I have a couple of mostly woody boxes. Both have Logitech USB >> Marble Trackman for mice. Both mice work well with 2.2.19 >> kernels. Yesterday I instal

Re: USB & 2. 4 kernels

2002-05-04 Thread David Roundy
On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 05:45:09PM -0500, Bud Rogers wrote: > Thanks for that info. What 2.4 kernel have you had the best luck with, > in general and with USB? Probably 2.4.17. Currently I'm running 2.4.19pre7, which seems pretty nice, but you may not be comfortable with prerelease kernels. --

Re: USB & 2. 4 kernels

2002-05-04 Thread Bud Rogers
On Saturday 04 May 2002 17:06 pm, David Roundy wrote: > 2.4.18 was a particularly bad kernel for USB. I'd try again with > 2.4.17 or 2.4.19prewhatever. Generally my experience is that my USB > mouse and 2.4.keyboard have worked very well (except when using > 2.4.18). Thanks for that info. What

Re: USB & 2. 4 kernels

2002-05-04 Thread David Roundy
On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 12:57:38PM -0500, Bud Rogers wrote: > I have a couple of mostly woody boxes. Both have Logitech USB Marble > Trackman for mice. Both mice work well with 2.2.19 kernels. Yesterday > I installed kernel-source-2.4.18 on one of the boxes and built a new > kernel for it.

Re: USB & 2. 4 kernels

2002-05-04 Thread Bud Rogers
On Saturday 04 May 2002 14:07 pm, dave mallery wrote: > On Sat, 4 May 2002, Bud Rogers wrote: > > My wife is also having usb problems with her Mandrake box running a > > 2.4.8 kernel. Are there issues with usb in 2.4? I read everything I > > could find about usb in /usr/src/linux/Documentatio

Re: USB & 2. 4 kernels

2002-05-04 Thread dave mallery
On Sat, 4 May 2002, Bud Rogers wrote: > I have a couple of mostly woody boxes. Both have Logitech USB Marble > Trackman for mice. Both mice work well with 2.2.19 kernels. Yesterday > I installed kernel-source-2.4.18 on one of the boxes and built a new > kernel for it. I included all the re

USB & 2. 4 kernels

2002-05-04 Thread Bud Rogers
I have a couple of mostly woody boxes. Both have Logitech USB Marble Trackman for mice. Both mice work well with 2.2.19 kernels. Yesterday I installed kernel-source-2.4.18 on one of the boxes and built a new kernel for it. I included all the relevant USB modules when I configured the kerne