[ltp] How?: Trackpoint USB keyboard in linux

Boyan linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 12 Nov 2002 13:54:37 +0100 (CET)


Hello,

On 11 Nov 2002, Rob Mayoff wrote:

> +---------- On Nov 11, Boyan said:
> > In order to type this command I need a keyboard and the USB is still dead.
> > So I plugged now after X has already started the PS/2 keyboard as well and
> > here is the output of dmesg, but no USB there:
>
> None of those has anything to do with USB.  Did you run dmesg
> immediately after plugging in the keyboard?

Yes. Because the USB is dead (only the red trackpoint in the middle
working) I attached the PS/2 and then issued dmesg.

> What modules do you have loaded after plugging in the keyboard?

Now with both keyboards attached (the USB was at boot time) I issued
#lsmod:

Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
snd-pcm-oss            45152   0  (autoclean)
snd-mixer-oss          11136   0  (autoclean)
parport_pc             25448   1  (autoclean)
lp                      5824   0  (autoclean)
parport                21856   1  (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
snd-via686              8068   0
snd-pcm                58528   0  [snd-pcm-oss snd-via686]
snd-timer              11456   0  [snd-pcm]
snd-ac97-codec         24196   0  [snd-via686]
snd-mpu401-uart         3504   0  [snd-via686]
snd-rawmidi            13536   0  [snd-mpu401-uart]
snd-seq-device          4336   0  [snd-rawmidi]
ipv6                  123424  -1  (autoclean)
snd                    31720   0  [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-via686 snd-pcm snd-timer snd-ac97-codec snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]
soundcore               3268   5  [snd]
isa-pnp                27816   0  (unused)
mousedev                3872   1
hid                    17824   0  (unused)
joydev                  5728   0  (unused)
evdev                   3904   0  (unused)
input                   3072   0  [mousedev hid joydev evdev]
usb-uhci               20996   0  (unused)
usbcore                55136   1  [hid usb-uhci]
af_packet              11528   1  (autoclean)
3c59x                  25032   1
ext3                   60160   1
jbd                    42196   1  [ext3]

Do you see something suspicious?

Regards,
Boyan