Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Andrew Gaydenko <a@××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] lazy mouse
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:57:59
Message-Id: 200810271957.51959.a@gaydenko.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] lazy mouse by Paul Hartman
1 On Friday 24 October 2008 02:05:14 Paul Hartman wrote:
2 > On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 4:25 PM, Andrew Gaydenko <a@××××××××.com> wrote:
3 > > Hi!
4 > >
5 > > Changing a mouse (to Genius Traveler 315 Laser) resulted in the problem:
6 > > almost always after booting the mouse is not active (say, at level 3
7 > > wheel rolling shows a mouse cursor, but movement doesn't work, as well as
8 > > in X). Hot replugging to (any) USB port "cures" the problem for current
9 > > session.
10 > >
11 > > The world isn't perfect...
12 > >
13 > > Thoughts?
14 >
15 > Are the required modules for USB set to auto-load at boot time? (maybe
16 > udev is loading them when you plug it afterwards)
17
18 Paul, thanks for the idea. Unfortunately it isn't a case: I have looked at
19 'lsmod' output and 'messages' file - nothing with modules. And, as I have
20 said, wheel rolling does *show* a (moveless) mouse cursor in console.
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23 Andrew