trouble with USB Logitech WheelMouse

gentooner · n00b Joined: 15 May 2003 Posts: 17

Hello Y'all. I have a Gateway Solo 5300 Laptop which has had its share of Linux/BSD installs on it, but for some reason I cannot get my USB mouse to load in Gentoo. I read through the instructions on how to get this setup, but I'm stuck on this step:

The first thing that has to be done is the installation of the kernel modules. The modules that will be needed for a USB mouse to work are usbmouse, mousedev, hid, usbcore, usb-uhci, and input. After the necessary kernel configuration is done, insmod the modules.

How do I load these modules into the kernel without recompiling?

When I unplug/replug my mouse, I see this in the kernel log:

hub.c: new USB device 00:07.2-1, assigned address 3
: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech USB Mouse] on usb1:3.0

there are no entires in /dev/input. I think that the step I'm missing is the loading of Kernel modules, but again I'm clueless in this regard.

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you!

therandomor · Posted: Fri May 23, 2003 12:10 am Post subject: HID

I just had a similar situation. What I did was go back into the kernel configuration and make sure that I checked HID as a module. There are some good directions here: http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/x194.html

As far as loading the modules, if you know nothing about it, I suggest 'man modprobe' and 'man insmod' and finally 'man lsmod'. That should get you rolling!
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gentooner · n00b Joined: 15 May 2003 Posts: 17

Hey, thanks. You sent me in the right direction. now that I'm more familiar with the documentation I'll probably not need to ask silly questions anymore.

therandomor · Posted: Fri May 23, 2003 3:36 pm Post subject: You bet

A question isn't silly if you don't know where to look to find the answer. Everyone here seems more than happy to help. I'm glad I could give you a hand.
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