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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: New mobo change
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 23:38:31
Message-Id: 526317ED.7030707@googlemail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: New mobo change by Dale
1 Am 18.10.2013 05:54, schrieb Dale:
2 > Walter Dnes wrote:
3 >> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 04:40:52PM -0500, Dale wrote
4 >>> Well, this is interesting. I swapped out the mobo. First, it has the
5 >>> UEFI BIOS thing. That was interesting for sure. I'm not complaining
6 >>> but not used to it and wasn't expecting it either. Second, it works
7 >>> except for the third part. Third thing is, no mouse worky. It works in
8 >>> the BIOS but not in the OS. I have gpm set to start and it doesn't work
9 >>> in a console or a GUI. I tried everything I can think of, no mouse. I
10 >>> had to swap again. I'm back to my old mobo. Here is the kicker. I
11 >>> plugged the USB mouse into the old mobo, it works just fine. It works
12 >>> in KDE, console etc. It just works. The only kernel change I made was
13 >>> for the chipset on the mobo. I left the USB stuff alone.
14 >> I've run into this in the past. The USB 2.0 drivers are *SUPPOSED* to
15 >> provide support for lowspeed USB 1.X devices, like mice and keyboards.
16 >> But it doesn't always work that way. There is direct USB 1.X driver
17 >> support in the kernel. In "make menuconfig", got to...
18 >>
19 >> Device Drivers --->
20 >> [*] USB support --->
21 >> < > OHCI HCD support
22 >> < > UHCI HCD (most Intel and VIA) support
23 >>
24 >> I don't see any mention in your message whether the motherboard cpu is
25 >> AMD or Intel. Generally, build UHCI for Intel+VIA, OHCI for AMD. Try
26 >> it out and see what happens.
27 >>
28 >
29 > Mine is AMD based. I have this right now but tried every other version
30 > I could find too.
31 >
32 > <*> xHCI HCD (USB 3.0) support
33 > <*> EHCI HCD (USB 2.0) support
34 > <*> OHCI HCD support
35 > [*] Generic OHCI driver for a platform device
36
37 there you go. platform driver. Take that one out.
38 Make the rest modules.
39 Amd board? kill uhci while you are at it.
40
41 > <*> Generic EHCI driver for a platform device
42 > <*> UHCI HCD (most Intel and VIA) support
43 >
44 > Under USB HID support, I have this enabled:
45 >
46 > <*> USB HID transport layer
47 > [*] PID device support
48 > [*] /dev/hiddev raw HID device support
49 >
50 >
51 > This may help:
52 >
53 > root@fireball /usr/src/linux # cat .config | grep -i hid | grep =y
54 > CONFIG_HID=y
55 > CONFIG_HIDRAW=y
56 > CONFIG_UHID=y
57 > CONFIG_HID_GENERIC=y
58 > CONFIG_HID_A4TECH=y
59 > CONFIG_HID_APPLE=y
60 > CONFIG_HID_BELKIN=y
61 > CONFIG_HID_CHERRY=y
62 > CONFIG_HID_CHICONY=y
63 > CONFIG_HID_CYPRESS=y
64 > CONFIG_HID_EZKEY=y
65 > CONFIG_HID_KYE=y
66 > CONFIG_HID_GYRATION=y
67 > CONFIG_HID_KENSINGTON=y
68 > CONFIG_HID_LOGITECH=y
69 > CONFIG_HID_MICROSOFT=y
70 > CONFIG_HID_MONTEREY=y
71 > CONFIG_HID_NTRIG=y
72 > CONFIG_HID_PANTHERLORD=y
73 > CONFIG_HID_PETALYNX=y
74 > CONFIG_HID_SAMSUNG=y
75 > CONFIG_HID_SONY=y
76 > CONFIG_HID_SUNPLUS=y
77 > CONFIG_HID_TOPSEED=y
78 > CONFIG_USB_HID=y
79 > CONFIG_HID_PID=y
80 > CONFIG_USB_HIDDEV=y
81 > root@fireball /usr/src/linux #
82 >
83 > Right before I swapped back, I tried them all. ;-) Here is some more info:
84 >
85 > root@fireball /usr/src/linux # cat .config | grep -i hci
86 > CONFIG_SATA_AHCI=y
87 > # CONFIG_SATA_AHCI_PLATFORM is not set
88 > # CONFIG_SATA_ACARD_AHCI is not set
89 > # CONFIG_FIREWIRE_OHCI is not set
90 > CONFIG_USB_ARCH_HAS_OHCI=y
91 > CONFIG_USB_ARCH_HAS_EHCI=y
92 > CONFIG_USB_ARCH_HAS_XHCI=y
93 > CONFIG_USB_XHCI_HCD=y
94 > # CONFIG_USB_XHCI_HCD_DEBUGGING is not set
95 > CONFIG_USB_EHCI_HCD=y
96 > CONFIG_USB_EHCI_ROOT_HUB_TT=y
97 > CONFIG_USB_EHCI_TT_NEWSCHED=y
98 > CONFIG_USB_EHCI_PCI=y
99 > CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD=y
100 > CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD_PLATFORM=y
101 > CONFIG_USB_EHCI_HCD_PLATFORM=y
102 > # CONFIG_USB_OHCI_BIG_ENDIAN_DESC is not set
103 > # CONFIG_USB_OHCI_BIG_ENDIAN_MMIO is not set
104 > CONFIG_USB_OHCI_LITTLE_ENDIAN=y
105 > CONFIG_USB_UHCI_HCD=y
106 > CONFIG_PROVIDE_OHCI1394_DMA_INIT=y
107 > root@fireball /usr/src/linux #
108 >
109 >
110 > My thinking, there is some driver that is different from my old mobo to
111 > this new mobo and I'm missing it or just missing something really
112 > simple. I went by the Debian HCL site but maybe something got changed.
113 > If I could boot the Sysrescue stick then I could likely figure it out
114 > from that. I'm going to update that stick before the next test.
115 >
116 > Keep in mind, for me to test anything, I have to swap mobos again.
117 > Naturally I don't want to do that any more times than I have to. Each
118 > times runs the risk of me messing up something. :/
119 >
120 > Thanks much to all.
121 >
122 > Dale
123 >
124 > :-) :-)
125 >

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