[ltp] External mouse problems
Bob Alexander
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 10 Dec 2004 09:39:51 +0100
Matt Graham wrote:
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "USBMice" # don't change that from whatever it is
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" # all USB mice use this
> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" # all USB mice use this
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" # important
> Option "Buttons" "5" # modify this and ZAxis line if you
> # have more than 5 buttons
> EndSection
>
> Modify your XF86Config or xorg.conf file, restart X, see if it works.
>
> WRT the APM suspend-to-RAM, try rmmodding the hid and usb-uhci
> (uhci-hcd) modules before suspend, then modprobing those modules on
> resume. Read the man page for apmd_proxy and edit your distro's
> apmd_proxy script(s) to make that happen. HTH,
>
Thank you Matt. Will try but the mouse config was already substantially
the same (I will only add the Buttons option).
Re the rmmod, here is the list of the modules when the external mouse
works and I have no hid module but usbhid,ehci_hcd and uhci_hcd:
Module Size Used by
radeon 135524 2
ipt_state 1856 2
ip_conntrack 47028 1 ipt_state
iptable_filter 2880 1
ip_tables 18560 2 ipt_state,iptable_filter
ipv6 259840 10
snd_intel8x0m 18888 1
usbhid 25280 0
ehci_hcd 30020 0
uhci_hcd 33040 0
usbcore 119140 5 usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
e1000 86916 0
nls_iso8859_15 4544 1
ntfs 103984 1
nls_iso8859_1 3968 1
nls_cp437 5632 1
vfat 14656 1
fat 46240 1 vfat
What do you think ?
TIA,
Bob