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From: Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : mouse trouble
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:23:57
Message-Id: 20120912112150.GB2927@ca.inter.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : mouse trouble by Walter Dnes
1 120911 Walter Dnes wrote:
2 > On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 04:21:29PM -0400, Philip Webb wrote
3 >> /etc/make.conf has the line INPUT_DEVICES="evdev" , like this machine.
4 > I don't have evdev at all. My /etc/portage/make.conf has...
5 > INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse"
6 >> I've checked the Kernel settings & they seem all to be where they sb,
7 >> but the new machine is using 3.5.3 , whereas this one uses 3.4.0 .
8 >> I used the older .config , went thro' 'make oldconfig' & then thro'
9 >> 'make menuconfig', so the same mouse lines should remain. Has anything
10 >> changed in Kernel 3.5 ?
11 > Nothing recent. I have a Logitech ball-mouse. The most recent change
12 > I remember is that you may need to set "HID" support.
13 > In my desktop's .config, I have
14 >
15 > Device Drivers --->
16 > [*] HID Devices --->
17 > -*- Generic HID support
18 > [*] /dev/hidraw raw HID device support
19 > <*> USB Human Interface Device (full HID) support
20 > [*] PID device support *** NO ***
21 > [*] /dev/hiddev raw HID device support *** NO ***
22 > Special HID drivers --->
23 >
24 > And under "Special HID drivers --->" I have
25 >
26 > -*- Logitech devices
27 > <M> Logitech Unifying receivers full support
28 > [*] Logitech force feedback support *** NO ***
29 > [*] Logitech wheels config & force feedback support *** NO ***
30 >
31 > The last 2 items with "force feedback" may be redundant,
32 > but I left them in there since they don't seem to hurt.
33
34 I don't have the 4 marked lines enabled; the rest is as yours.
35
36 I have checked in this machine: it shows /dev/input/mouse0 before 'startx'
37 & the mouse works in Twm as well as in Fluxbox;
38 it is not present at start-up before 'startx' in the new box.
39 That seems to show the problem in the new box isn't in X or in Fluxbox.
40
41 Thanks for both suggestions so far, I wb trying them out
42 + various other tests which occurred to me while I was asleep (smile).
43
44 Any further advice is very welcome.
45
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