[gpm]gpm with USB mouse and devfs in Native device naming mode
Flavio Bagnato
fbagnato@bigpond.com
Sat, 30 Nov 2002 23:52:49 +1100
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Hi All,
I have just built a "Linux from Scratch" system which so far seems to =
have worked well. (yes I am a bit of a newbie so be gentle!)
I have gpm (1.20.0) startup in my sysvinit scripts and my =
/etc/sysconfig/mouse has the MDEVICE set to /dev/input/mice.
For device management, I solely use devfs (the latest version) (ie. I do =
not use /dev/pts at all).
The problem I seem to be having is gpm program doesn't seem to trigger =
the devfs program to automatically load the appropriate mouse drivers. =
(I have a Microsoft USB Optical Wheel Mouse and the gpm PROTOCOL is set =
to "imps2"). The error I get is a "Device /dev/input/mice not found".=20
If I have modprobe usb-uhci, input, hid and mousedev statements =
somewhere in my rc startup scripts, the mouse driver loads and gpm works =
perfectly, however the way my newbie Linux mind expected it would work =
is that since gpm would want the mouse device, then devfs would get a =
call for it and load the appropriate driver modules by itself?
Is gpm fully devfs "compliant"? ie. would this be a problem with gpm or =
devfs? (or is it my lack of knowledge meaning that all is ok and I do =
have to leave the modprobes in the startups to load the drivers =
manually? hmm....doesn't sound right to me).=20
PS: I have tested my modules setup by mounting my windows drive and =
lsmod shows new modules loaded, so there doesn't seem to be a problem in =
the way I have setup my modules as they are auto sensing and loading =
properly for other things.
Regards,
Frank
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi All,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have just built a "Linux from =
Scratch" system=20
which so far seems to have worked well. (yes I am a bit of a newbie so =
be=20
gentle!)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I </FONT><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2>have gpm=20
(1.20.0) startup in my sysvinit scripts and my /etc/sysconfig/mouse =
has the=20
MDEVICE set to /dev/input/mice.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>For device management, I solely =
use devfs (the=20
latest version) (ie. I do not use /dev/pts at all).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The problem I seem to be having is gpm =
program=20
doesn't seem to trigger the devfs program to automatically load the =
appropriate=20
mouse drivers. (I have a Microsoft USB Optical Wheel Mouse and the gpm =
PROTOCOL=20
is set to "imps2"). The error I get is a "Device /dev/input/mice not =
found".=20
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>If I have modprobe usb-uhci, input, hid =
and=20
mousedev statements somewhere in my rc startup scripts, the mouse driver =
loads=20
and gpm works perfectly, however the way my newbie Linux =
mind expected it=20
would work is that since gpm would want the mouse device, then devfs =
would get a=20
call for it and load the appropriate driver modules by =
itself?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Is gpm fully devfs "compliant"? ie. =
would this be a=20
problem with gpm or devfs? (or is it my lack of knowledge meaning that =
all is ok=20
and I do have to leave the modprobes in the startups to load the =
drivers=20
manually? hmm....doesn't sound right to me). </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>PS: I have tested my modules setup by =
mounting my=20
windows drive and lsmod shows new modules loaded, so there doesn't seem =
to be a=20
problem in the way I have setup my modules as they are auto sensing and =
loading=20
properly for other things.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Frank</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
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