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

[Mark Shields]

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.
>
> I see that the device is recognized in under /proc and the device is
> seen in lsusb but the system doesn't seem to understand that 1532 is
> Razer and that 0102 is their Tarantula keyboard. This is also true for
> their Copperhead mouse with is 1532:0101.
>
> Is there a way for me to indicate to the system that these ID's should
> use regular USB mouse and keyboard drivers?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
> cat /proc/bus/usb/devices
> <SNIP>
> T: Bus=02 Lev=02 Prnt=02 Port=03 Cnt=01 Dev#= 4 Spd=12 MxCh= 0
> D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1
> P: Vendor=1532 ProdID=0102 Rev=21.00
> S: Manufacturer=Razer
> S: Product=Razer Tarantula Keyboard
> C:* #Ifs= 2 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr=100mA
> I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID ) Sub=01 Prot=01 Driver=(none)
> E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 16 Ivl=10ms
> I: If#= 1 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=(none)
> E: Ad=82(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 16 Ivl=10ms
>
>
> Sector9 ~ # lsusb
> Bus 002 Device 003: ID 1532:0101
> Bus 002 Device 004: ID 1532:0102
> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 05e3:0604 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB 1.1 Hub
> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> Sector9 ~ #
>
> cat /proc/bus/usb/devices
> <SNIP>
> T:  Bus=02 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=02 Cnt=02 Dev#=  3 Spd=12  MxCh= 0
> D:  Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
> P:  Vendor=1532 ProdID=0101 Rev=21.00
> S:  Manufacturer=Razer
> S:  Product=Razer Copperhead Laser Mouse
> C:* #Ifs= 2 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr=100mA
> I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID  ) Sub=00 Prot=02 Driver=(none)
> E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=  16 Ivl=1ms
> I:  If#= 1 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID  ) Sub=01 Prot=01 Driver=(none)
> E:  Ad=82(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=  16 Ivl=1ms
>
>    Maybe there is a page around somewhere about how to deal with new
> USB device IDS under Gentoo? Using slocate I found this file:
>
> /usr/share/misc/usb.ids
>
> There is no entry for Razer and no use of the Vendor ID 1532:
>
> <SNIP>
> 1520  Bitwire Corp.
> 152e  LG (HLDS)
>         e001  GSA-5120D DVD-RW
> 1546  U-Blox AG
> 1554  Prolink Microsystems Corp.
> <SNIP>
>
> Looking at the Microsoft entries it would appear that I could edit
> this file and probably get lsusb to recognize the device by name but
> what makes it link to the right mouse or keyboard driver?
>
> <SNIP>
> 045e  Microsoft Corp.
>         0007  SideWinder Game Pad
>         0008  SideWinder Precision Pro
>         0009  IntelliMouse
> <SNIP>
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Mark
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>

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

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- Mark Shields