Re: [gentoo-user] Keyboard works in Grub but not once Gentoo is booted

[Mark Knecht]

On 4/21/07, Mark Shields <laebshade@×××××.com> wrote:
> On 4/21/07, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 4/21/07, Mark Shields <laebshade@×××××.com> wrote:
> > > On 4/21/07, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > My son got a new, fancy Razer gaming keyboard for his birthday today.
> > > > The keyboard works in grub so I can choose Windows or Linux. It works
> > > > fine in Windows but once Gentoo is booted it does nothing.
> > > >
> > <SNIP>
> > >
> > >
> > > Have you installed hotplug?  iirc, it's still required to load up the
> likes
> > > of USB peripherals you state.
> > >
> > > # esearch  ^hotplug$
> > > * sys-apps/hotplug
> > >      Available versions:  20030805-r2 20030805-r3 20040105 20040401
> > > ~20040920 20040923 20040923-r1 20040923-r2
> > >      Homepage:
> > > http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net
> > >      Description:         USB and PCI hotplug scripts
> > >
> > > --
> > > - Mark Shields
> >
> > Humm....OK - I thought that both hotplug and coldplug were depreciated
> > by udev. I see that I can emerge hotplug but it tells me to use
> > coldplug. When I try to emerge coldplug it's blocked by udev.
> >
> > I emerged hotplug and started it but it still doesn't do anything with
> > lsusb and the keyboard itself doesn't do anything on the system yet.
> >
> > Sector9 ~ # lsusb
> > Bus 002 Device 003: ID 1532:0101
> > Bus 002 Device 002: ID 05e3:0604 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB 1.1 Hub
> > Bus 002 Device 014: ID 1532:0102
> > Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> > Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> > Sector9 ~ # /etc/init.d/hotplug start
> > * Caching service dependencies ...
> >              [ ok ]
> > Sector9 ~ # lsusb
> > Bus 002 Device 003: ID 1532:0101
> > Bus 002 Device 002: ID 05e3:0604 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB 1.1 Hub
> > Bus 002 Device 014: ID 1532:0102
> > Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> > Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> > Sector9 ~ #
> >
> > I really suspect the issue here is that the system - maybe udev? -
> > doesn't know these devices are keyboard and mouse.
> >
> > - Mark
> > --
> > gentoo-user@g.o mailing list
> >
> >
>
> It's been a while since I've used anything that required any sort of
> hotplugging, so it was just a suggestion.  Looking again now, have you
> enabled  CONFIG_USB_HID (USB Human Interface Device (full HID) support)?
> The help for that states:
>
>  CONFIG_USB_HID:
>
>
>
>  Say Y here if you want full HID support to connect keyboards,
>  mice, joysticks, graphic tablets, or any other HID based devices
>  to your computer via USB. You also need to select HID Input layer
> support (below) if you want to use keyboards, mice, joysticks and
>  the like ... as well as Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) and
> monitor control devices.
>
>  You can't use this driver and the HIDBP (Boot Protocol) keyboard
>  and mouse drivers at the same time. More information is available:
> <file:Documentation/input/input.txt>.
>
> --
> - Mark Shields

Yes, it's set.

Sector9 ~ # cat /usr/src/linux/.config | grep CONFIG_USB_HID
CONFIG_USB_HID=y
CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT=y
# CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT_POWERBOOK is not set
# CONFIG_USB_HIDDEV is not set
Sector9 ~ #

Now, I just grabbed a Microsoft USB mouse and it's not working either
so I think you're onto the right area. I must not have something
turned on that is required for any of these USB input devices to work.

Of course, by 'not working' I'm saying X isn't responding. Maybe the
mouse is working and X isn't configured correctly? xorg.conf has this:

Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver

    Identifier  "Mouse1"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option "Protocol"    "Auto" # Auto detect
    Option "Device"      "/dev/input/mice"

As I say with the M$ mouse plugged in it's recognized but it doesn't
cause X to do anything:

Sector9 linux # lsusb
Bus 002 Device 015: ID 045e:0039 Microsoft Corp. IntelliMouse Optical
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 1532:0101
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 05e3:0604 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB 1.1 Hub
Bus 002 Device 014: ID 1532:0102
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000


Is there a way to cat the mouse output to a terminal so that when I
wiggle the mouse I see some stuff in the terminal?

Thanks,
Mark
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