USB Mouse and Keyboard How-To

castra · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 12 Aug 2003 Posts: 86

I'm runing gentoo on my laptop Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo and keyboard
not working after I boot woth my kernel which is 2.4.23 stable.
Works OK with LIVECD but not ( as I said ) with build kernel.
Added suport as you wrote but same results. Any ideas guys ?

dkaplowitz · Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 6:38 pm Post subject:

Great thread! Thank you so much for posting it, Vlad. You've really helped me.
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juliancoccia · Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 3:09 pm Post subject:

dredd, have you done steps 2 to 5 exactly as explained ? Then, have you done make modules modules_install as explained on step 6 ?
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juliancoccia · Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 3:15 pm Post subject:

Quick comment/questions:

/etc/modules.autoload does not exist. Instead there is a /etc/autoload.d directory containing subdirs for different kernel families.

I added the modules to the kernel-2.4 as it is the one I am using.

The questions are.

Do I have to run modules-update afterwards ? Or this only take effect on bootup ?
Do I also have to add the modules to /etc/modules.conf ?

Thanks
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dredd · n00b Joined: 27 Nov 2003 Posts: 63 Location: Switzerland

well, as fas as i can remember yes.. but in the meantime I have upgraded to a test kernel 2.6 and there it works fine.... waiting for official 2.6 gentoo sources...

phil

juliancoccia · Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 4:20 pm Post subject:

Well, I am having a different problem. I can't laod usb-uhci. This is what i get:

juliancoccia · Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2004 9:30 pm Post subject:

Finally decided to give it another shot and this time it worked ! Here is my recipe:

This time I went with the UHCI Alternate Driver (JE) (which generates uhci.o instead of usb-uhci.o).
Do not add "uhci" to /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.4 and reboot, otherwise I get e segfault on boot up.

Mouse connects to /dev/input/mice automatically.

I am running on an IBM Thinkpad i Series 1300 model 1171 370. Here is my lsmod result:

Phant0m51 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 30 Mar 2003 Posts: 105

Alright, finally got my mouse set up after rebuilding the kernel close to 10 times...

Tip for nForce 2 users, use OHCI instead of UHCI to save yourself alot of trouble.

Vlad: Maybe you should edit your How-To and tell the nForce 2 users to enable EHCI and OHCI instead of UHCI. I know I'm not the first person to say that nForce 2 uses OHCI, but you didn't reflect in your How-To that we should use OHCI.

sofcik · Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 12:24 am Post subject:

I have USB Logitech pilot mouse , i uses kernel 2.6.3 and my mouse works but the scroll not, i did ZAxisMapping "5 6" in xf86config file but it doesnt work ,testing with cat /dev/input/mice gives positive result - every buuton and scroll give me an answer at console

mathboy

Nice guide, thank you!

My mouse is now working well on my laptop, together with the little pointing device.

I was unable to get my PS/2 keyboard (connected via a PS/2 to USB converter) to work though. It shows up in my system logs when I plug it in (see below), and I've got the kernel configured correctly I think. Anything else I can check? It worked from the LiveCD.

May 4 08:58:07 greensong hub.c: new USB device 00:07.2-1, assigned
address 7
May 4 08:58:07 greensong input: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Composite USB
PS2 Converter USB to PS2 Adaptor v1.12] on usb1:7.0
May 4 08:58:07 greensong input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Composite USB PS2
Converter USB to PS2 Adaptor v1.12] on usb1:7.1
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Kaboosh · Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 9:25 pm Post subject: Headsup

Just a heads-up that the "uhci" module (not usb-uhci) is experimental and less thoroughly tested. I personally had problems when using high bandwidth devices (such as a printer/scanner) and the mouse would jump around the screen and finally stop working.

If any of this sounds familiar use usb-uhci.

Cheers!

loxety · Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 10:21 am Post subject:

this should be in the docs section.. not just the forums

DeftEp · n00b Joined: 13 Jan 2005 Posts: 2

I realize this is a really old post but i just tried it now.. i am running gentoox on my xbox and was wanting mouse/keyboard support.. i did all of this but im not sure i did it all right.. since i am not familiar with linux (took some minor courses) i think i need help.. i copyied the bzImage from the /usr/src/linux and put it into my /boot partition changed the boot loader and it all seems to load.. but the problem is things are failing to load now.. my xpad (the xbox controller) fails to load and all the things i added into the kernel fail to load aswell.. i think anyway.. i could only catch a few as the screen scrolls so fast.. any suggestions?..

DeftEp · n00b Joined: 13 Jan 2005 Posts: 2

i get a make dep error now when i am trying to re do this.

make[3]: *** [_sfdep_atm] Error 2
> > make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.0-test10/drivers'
> > make[2]: *** [fastdep] Error 2
> > make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.0-test10/drivers'
> > make[1]: *** [_sfdep_drivers] Error 2
> > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.0-test10'
> > make: *** [dep-files] Error 2

this isnt my print screen but the error lines are what i am getting.. what can i do to fix this?

prvkd · Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 9:47 pm Post subject:

Just a little fyi... I was having a similar problem, which is why i read this forum. and it turned out that the 1.1 usb was working fine.. but my ports were 2.0 so... you can also do this:

In your kernel makeconfig menu under USB Support there is an option to enable EHCI-HCD (USB 2.0) Support. Enable this as a module by hitting M, then..

cj5 · n00b Joined: 07 Aug 2005 Posts: 1

I have a Logitech IFeel USB mouse, and I have followed these instructions to the tee, or at least tried my best. First off, these instruction are not in compliance with other kernel releases (other than the one used in this tutorial, of which we have no idea what it is). Half the menu options in the 'make menuconfig' session don't even exist in my kernel config (2.6.12-gentoo-r6). I am at my wits end with this dammed mouse. I have everything else working except it. Any detailed or corrected information would be greatly appreciated.

CJ...

Headrush · Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 2:26 pm Post subject: Re: This doesn't help

Kaboosh · Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 5:02 pm Post subject: Re: This doesn't help

Parasietje · Apprentice Joined: 25 Jan 2004 Posts: 194

Can anybody help me with the following?

I use an USB keyboard and mouse. As such, I have USBHID compiled into my kernel. But some events from my remote control are also mapped as buttons. The multimedia buttons on my keyboard are mapped as mouse clicks.
Now, is it possible to exclude some devices from USBHID? I used the event interface for interacting with the multimedia buttons and the remote.

If not, then I'll switch to evdev support for my X-Windows. Not being able to use console is only a small pain.

No, I cannot use BIOS support, because my motherboard USB ports are broken and I use a seperate PCI card.

cp_tar · Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 10:11 am Post subject:

OK, can anyone help me here:

I'm installing Gentoo on my father's laptop (Acer Aspire 3002) and he and his gf rely heavily on their USB mouse, which I cannot get to work.
It worked in the installation (gpm recognized both the mouse and the trackpad); I compiled USB support in the kernel (not as a module), everything seems to be in order; however, /dev/input/mice seems only to point to the trackpad, and I don't really know what to do.

If the mouse doesn't work, neither will the mp3 player and the camera...
Especially since usbview doesn't seem to see the mouse when I connect it, so I guess I did make a mistake somewhere...
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