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wanderingidea

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From: The Hague, The Netherlands

Registered: 2004-12-24

Posts: 26

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After removing hotplug from rc.conf no mouse unless hwd -s

Hi,

Today I removed hotplug from /etc/rc.conf and added usbhid to the modules section to support my usb mouse.

After that my usb mouse only works when I run hwd -s

Maybe a dumb question but why is this? Does hwd -s do more except detecting hardware?

grail

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Registered: 2005-02-22

Posts: 70

Re: After removing hotplug from rc.conf no mouse unless hwd -s

I also had this issue. I did notice that when running 'hwd -s' a lot of modules were loaded. However since running the new hwdetect and setting up rc.conf it seems to work correctly now.

So I added to rc.conf:

# HARDWARE
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Scan hardware and load required modules at bootup
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
# Module Blacklist - modules in this list will never be loaded by hwdetect
MOD_BLACKLIST=()

wanderingidea

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From: The Hague, The Netherlands

Registered: 2004-12-24

Posts: 26

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Re: After removing hotplug from rc.conf no mouse unless hwd -s

Thanks!
Is modifying /etc/rc.conf the only thing I do to make hwdetect working?

grail

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Registered: 2005-02-22

Posts: 70

Re: After removing hotplug from rc.conf no mouse unless hwd -s

Well I did it in conjunction with getting the latest initscript package and hwdetect, so not sure if they make any difference?

But if all is up to date then give it a try and see what happens?

wanderingidea

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From: The Hague, The Netherlands

Registered: 2004-12-24

Posts: 26

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Re: After removing hotplug from rc.conf no mouse unless hwd -s

It works. Thanks again!

Richie

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From: Leverkusen, Germany

Registered: 2003-12-10

Posts: 22

Re: After removing hotplug from rc.conf no mouse unless hwd -s

Just run lsmod before and aftler loading modules with hwd and add the missong ones to MODULES-Array. Yeay!

I personally prefer the MODULES-Array. It's quicker and you need to load some modules from it anyway. (Like nvidia, usb_storage and joydev)

tpowa

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From: Lauingen , Germany

Registered: 2004-04-05

Posts: 2,331

Re: After removing hotplug from rc.conf no mouse unless hwd -s

please use hwdetect by default, it beats hwd and hotplug and loads modules as fast as added by hand.
greetings
tpowa