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SubjectRe: [linux-usb] Re: [patch] drivers/usb/usb.c: auto loading of USB
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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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