logitech usb mouse problem

dank · n00b Joined: 06 Jun 2003 Posts: 15

ok, first off.. lemme say i am extremely new to linux, however... i do have a head on my shoulders... so please be descriptive with your answers....

i've read alot of threads on how to get a usb mouse to work... and i'm almost positive i have everything i need already compiled into my kernel... the modules i have listed in my modules.autoload are as follows

mousedev
usbmouse
usb-uhci
input

usbcore has been compiled INTO the kernel....

i've changed the string in the xf86config file to /dev/input/mice.. but thats not my problem

my problem is this.... when booting, it loads all modules fine, however.. when loading the usb-uhci module, the lasers on my mouse go out (looses power), i know its usb-uhci because i've removed it from modules.autoload, rebooted.. and the mouse stays powered up....

if i can get around this issue, i'm pretty sure my mouse will work

thanks in advance

-dank

foshdawg · n00b Joined: 27 May 2003 Posts: 63

did you try compiling in HID support instead of all the seperate modules?

dank · n00b Joined: 06 Jun 2003 Posts: 15

as far as HID goes....

i have HID support put in as a module "<M>"... and its two sub-selections "hid input layer support" and "/dev/hiddev raw HID device support", those are compiled "[*]" into the kernel.. so i guess to answer yout question... no, but i dont see how this would help.... please explain

thx

-dank

foshdawg · n00b Joined: 27 May 2003 Posts: 63

if you're compiling in things like mousedev/kbddev, they'll make your mouse break. i have a logitech usb optical as well and i just added in full HID support in my kernel (not as a module) and my mouse works fine.

dank · n00b Joined: 06 Jun 2003 Posts: 15

i compiled hid support into my kernel... however it is still (in your words) "breaking" my mouse... theres power to start, then before the kernel finishes loading... it loses power.....

now, correct me if i'm wrong but... mousedev and kbddev is located in the "input core support -->" section of make menuconfig.... those two options (mousedev and kbddev) are NOT compiled into the kernel but ARE however, selected as modules....

any input?

-dank

jimbo · n00b Joined: 17 Apr 2003 Posts: 31

I have a Logitech cordless USB optical trackman. Here's how I finally got it to work:

Re-compile your kernel with the following options:

<M>Input core support
<M>Keyboard support
<M>Mouse support

<M>Support for usb
[*]Prelimenary USB device filesystem
<M>EHCI HCD
<M>UHCI
<M>OHCI
<M>USB Human Interface Device
[*]HID input layer support
[*]/dev/hiddev
<M>USB HIDBP
<M>USB HIDBP

Then just load your modules in this order:

UHCI (or OHCI, depending on your chipset)
EHCI-HCD (only if you have USB 2.0)
usbmouse
mousedev

Hope this helps.
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Woland · Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2003 10:29 pm Post subject:

I have a logitech MX500, which I love. To get it to work, stuck the ps2/usb adapter on the end of the plug, and then stuck that into the ps2 port. No muss, no fuss, no loss of performance, and the mouse works at boot time.

Probably not what you want to hear, but something to consider as a last resort.

peaceful · Apprentice Joined: 06 Jun 2003 Posts: 287 Location: Utah

dank · n00b Joined: 06 Jun 2003 Posts: 15

Peaceable Frood · Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2003 11:59 am Post subject:

I have the same problem, and I got it to work with hot-plugging, but in X it takes it like 10 seconds for it to be able to move? Can I speed up the process?
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keifir · Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2003 12:56 pm Post subject:

Are u sure your motherboard supports UHCI standard?

Anyway, this is what I have for my modules.autoload:

peaceful · Apprentice Joined: 06 Jun 2003 Posts: 287 Location: Utah

keifir, you are a saviour!! After TWO WEEKS I finally have a working USB logitech mouse!!!

jimbo was on the right track, I recompiled the kernel using his options, but I couldn't get a thing working until I saw keifer's post.

All I had to do was compile the kernel (I'm using gentoo-sources on an Athlon XP 2400+) according to jimbo's instructions and then do the following:

dank · n00b Joined: 06 Jun 2003 Posts: 15

first i'll start off by saying that i looked up the stats on my motherboard (msi kt333 ultra) and found that it is a UHCI compatible board... now, i enabled ehci-hcd, usb-uhci, uhci and usb-ohci in my kernel as modules..... booted to prompted and tried each individually.... ehci would not load, gave me some error about "no such device". both usb-uhci and uhci will BOTH cause the power to my mouse to fail... usb-ohci gave me the same error as ehci.

i dont get it... why would the usb-uhci module cause my uhci compliant motherboards usb hub to fail..?

i did notice (however i dont know if its relivant) that after loading the modules... i did a lsmod and found a "(unused)" tag at the end of certain modules... what does this mean?

-dank

peaceful · Apprentice Joined: 06 Jun 2003 Posts: 287 Location: Utah

What did the error messages say?

keifir · Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2003 6:09 pm Post subject:

Not sure what that "unused" stands for, but here's some more info:

I got a working USB OEM logitech mouse(optical) and this is what lsmod gives me:

dank · n00b Joined: 06 Jun 2003 Posts: 15

well... i'm doing this in the midst of a new gentoo install... so i'm loading the modules manually one by one, as far as logs go... i'm using metalog, how might i access these logs outside of X?

dank · n00b Joined: 06 Jun 2003 Posts: 15

oh and about hotplug... i havnet emerged anything that has to do with "hotplug"...

dank · n00b Joined: 06 Jun 2003 Posts: 15

ahh, it seems as though my problem might have changed...... after unpluging my usb mouse, then booting into linux... and THEN pluging the mouse back in, the laser lights will flash every few seconds. now i noticed in /var/log/kernel/current that there are usb timeouts, alot of them, and after further browsing the log, it seems as though uhci is loading successfully (which i assumed in the first place, i.e. no errors). more recent entries include things as such:

[kernel]uhci.c root-hub INT complete: port1: 5a9 port2: 580 data: 2
[kernel]hub.c: port1, portstatus 30X, change X, 1.5Mb/s
***X=number changes... for "30X", sometimes 303, sometimes 301... for "X", sometimes 3, 2 or 0***
[kernel]usb_control/buld_msg: timeout
[kernel]usb.c USB device not accepting new address=2 (error=-110)
wut u think?

-dank

dank · n00b Joined: 06 Jun 2003 Posts: 15

guess i'm stuck on ps/2....

nobody else has had this problem?!?

-K

peaceful · Apprentice Joined: 06 Jun 2003 Posts: 287 Location: Utah

Did you enable ALL the items in the kernel (as modules) that Jimbo listed in his post above?

That's what got my mouse working. If you have already done that, then I have no idea what else you could try.

kipper · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 20 Apr 2002 Posts: 112

I have exactly the same problem with the mouse not accepting the address. Over the past year, the usb mouse has worked perfectly, but after my last upgrade (2.4.20-r5) I lost my usb mouse. Everything is fine until I try to load one of the usb drivers. The mouse flicks on and then dies (loses power) instantly.
Luckily for me I keep my older working kernel as an option when I boot. Hope to find an answer soon to why my usb mouse no longer works.

cheers,
kipper

dank · n00b Joined: 06 Jun 2003 Posts: 15

can i ask what kernel it is that your using? and where i can find/download it?

its worth a try in my opinion

kipper · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 20 Apr 2002 Posts: 112

I just switched kernels from gentoo-sources to vanilla sources (2.4.21) and the good news is, with exactly the same kernel options, the vanilla-sources kernel loads my usb mouse correctly and I can use it perfectly again. Wonder what happened to the usbmouse support in the gentoo-sources 2.4.20-r5 that caused it to break my gentoo.

yippy · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 21 Jun 2003 Posts: 81

I've installed all the modules, even compiled every one of them into the kernel, but when I plug in the mouse I always get this message in dmesg:

usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x46d/0xc030) is not claimed by any active driver.

I have a Logitech iFeel mouse. It was detected as that during the installation on the boot CD also.

Any ideas? My brain is fried.

Joejoejoe

0ctane · Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2003 12:10 am Post subject: