Messages in this thread | | | From | "water modem" <> | Subject | Re: [linux-usb] Re: [patch] drivers/usb/usb.c: auto loading of USB | Date | Thu, 23 Dec 1999 18:14:55 -0600 |
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Dunlap, Randy" <randy.dunlap@intel.com> To: "'water modem'" <watermodem@ameritech.net>; <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu> Cc: <linux-usb@suse.com> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 1999 12:19 AM Subject: RE: [linux-usb] Re: [patch] drivers/usb/usb.c: auto loading of USB
> Hi- > > Are your USB drivers built as modules? Could they have > been auto-removed?
They are built as part of the kernel. (Not modules) Will try it after x-mas with 2.3.34 or later if I get a chance. The site where it is will be locked and powered down for several days each side of Y2K.
> > Can you try 2.3.34 or 2.3.35-pre-patchX to see if it gives > you the same results? > > (more below) > > -----Original Message----- > From: water modem [mailto:watermodem@ameritech.net] > Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 7:12 PM > To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu > Subject: Re: [linux-usb] Re: [patch] drivers/usb/usb.c: auto loading of > USB > > A question tangential to this... > I have a machine with a USB (Logitech) mouse plugged into a M$ usb > keyboard > plugged into a Dell. It is running dual boot RH 6.0 with kernel 2.3.33 (usb > enabled) and Win98. For RH to work with the keyboard I needed to plug it > into > the mouse PS/2 port and USB (the kbd PS/2 port is crushed). > > After a lot of pain I got it running fine in X (gnome). I went home > leaving it > at login screen. > Came back this morning and I couldn't click or type anything but I could > telnet > to it. After rebooting, X-Windows no longer worked and I couldn't make the > mouse work. (linux sees it) I have seen Win98 loose the mouse too. In > Win98 > I could reset the mouse by unplugging it and re-plugging it. This didn't > work > for linux. > > I guess I have a lot of questions here. > > 1) why does usb access seem to time out? > A1. Modules could be removed. I don't know about any USB device timeouts. > > 2) how do I make linux see a usb keyboard without the PS/2 plug? > A2. I don't understand your USB cabling setup. Sounds weird to me. > That could be why it's not working for long periods of time (why it seems > to be unreliable). > > 3) do I need to do some sort of mknod for the keyboard like I did with > the > mouse? > A3. No. > > 4) why doesn't X see the mouse anymore? (do I need to repeat the > mknod? ) > A4. Don't know. You don't need to repeat the mknod (at least I don't have > to). > > ~Randy >
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