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From: Hilco Wijbenga <hilco.wijbenga@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Linux Kernel 3.2.0 & USB Mouse
Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:27:43
Message-Id: CAE1pOi3pDHrkrt9Mas3OXtdwz4P+kUP4y628pFrXTq1DxJOJow@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Linux Kernel 3.2.0 & USB Mouse by "G.Wolfe Woodbury"
1 On 8 January 2012 06:51, G.Wolfe Woodbury <redwolfe@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > On 01/08/2012 07:29 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
3 >>
4 >> On Sat, 7 Jan 2012 18:53:30 -0800, Hilco Wijbenga wrote:
5 >>
6 >> I'm trying to upgrade the kernel on my desktop from 3.1.6 to
7 >> 3.2.0(-r1). Unfortunately, my Logitech USB trackball does not work in
8 >> 3.2.0. It is listed in the lsusb output so it is being recognized but
9 >> neither GPM nor X responds to it.
10 >> Which trackball? Mine works fine with no changes
11 >
12 > Mine works too.  Did you rebuild the xord input driver when you switched
13 > kernels?
14
15 You mean x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev? Yes, I did. Mind you, I don't
16 think that's necessary. I usually only run module-rebuild and that's
17 enough. Still, I was desperate so I also rebuilt everything in "qlist
18 -IC x11-drivers". :-)
19
20 Come to think of it, I don't believe this is X related. As I wrote
21 originally, GPM doesn't work either. That seems to imply my problem is
22 with the kernel, right?