PS/2 optical Genius mouse doesn't work

ayalgu · 2008-06-29 21:20:32

Hey,

I installed arch yesterday, and my mouse won't respond. I've had this problem before - on the dev version of Elive. On the other hand, it works fine on fluxbuntu and the release version of Elive. I know that it is not a xorg config problem - I've tried using the fluxbuntu xorg.conf config file and the Elive release (the one in which the mouse works) xorg.conf config file, to no avail.

Anybody familiar with this? I also tried 'modprobe psmouse', which changed nothing, and 'modprobe mousedev' which gave a 'mousedev does not exist error'.

Thank you for your help,
Ayal

Last edited by ayalgu (2008-06-29 22:30:50)

pheon · 2008-06-29 22:35:05

Hi,
# cat /dev/input/mice (instead of mice it could also be mouse0) while moving your mouse should result in some strange output. If this is true in your case, the kernel recognizes your mouse correctly.

And please provide the InputDevice part for your mouse (xorg.conf).

Best regards

Last edited by pheon (2008-06-29 22:49:43)

ayalgu · 2008-06-30 00:24:07

cat /dev/input/mice and /dev/input/mouse0 and /dev/psaux had no output when I played with the mouse. Does that mean that the kernel has not detected my mouse?

Here is the InputDevice section of the xorg.conf that was created (and worked) on the elive release:

Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"

Another thought - one of the differences between the Elive dev I used (in which the mouse did not work) and the Elive release I used (in which it did) was the way my hard drives were called - in the release they were called hd*, and in the dev sd*. In arch they are also sd*. I know that it is a feature of the latest kernel to call recognize all hard drives as sd*. Is it possible that I need an older kernel? Is there a way to downgrade?

Thanks,
Ayal

pheon · 2008-06-30 09:14:44

Hi,

cat /dev/input/mice and /dev/input/mouse0 and /dev/psaux had no output when I played with the mouse. Does that mean that the kernel has not detected my mouse?

As far as i know, yes.

I am pretty sure that different Elive-Releases and Arch use different kernel-versions and configs

You can check your current kernel-config with this command:

$ zcat /proc/config.gz

Search the output for this entries:

CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE=y
CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2=m

As far as i know, these configs are essential to get an PS/2 mouse working.

Regards

ayalgu · 2008-06-30 09:43:00

Hey,

Thanks for your help

$ zcat /proc/config.gz
Search the output for this entries:
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE=y
CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2=m

I have all those entries.

Any other options / ideas?

Thanks,
Ayal

ayalgu · 2008-06-30 10:26:14

Some kernel data:

It worked on 2.6.18, did not work on 2.6.25 and 2.6.21.

pheon · 2008-06-30 10:39:37

This is strange.

Do occur any warning or errors in dmesg right after a modprobe psmouse?

My last attepmt would be adding psmouse_noext=1 to your kernel boot paramets. I've read this on some other forums and on the LKML.

Is it possible that I need an older kernel?  Is there a way to downgrade?

A downgrade is always possible, alltough this is IMO a last resort.
See:
- http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ker … n_with_ABS
- http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ker … rom_Source

Best regards

ayalgu · 2008-06-30 13:58:55

The kernel parameter did not work. There are no error messages after 'modprobe psmouse', but running 'dmesg | grep -i ps/2' returned three lines, one of which was:

PNP: PS/2 appears to have AUX port disabled, if this is incorrect please boot with i8042.nopnp

Does anyone know what that means / if it is important at all? A search for it came up with - http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/6/12/305.

Thanks again,
Ayal

pheon · 2008-06-30 14:31:13

PNP: PS/2 appears to have AUX port disabled, if this is incorrect please boot with i8042.nopnp
Does anyone know what that means / if it is important at all? A search for it came up with - http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/6/12/305.

The problem seems to be PNP/IRQ related.

In your BIOS there should be a option called Boot to PNP OS (or something like this). Just try to set this to no

ayalgu · 2008-07-14 18:38:07

I found no such option in the BIOS. A USB mouse does work.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Ayal

pheon · 2008-07-14 19:06:31

I must admit, slowly but steady I am running out of ideas...
I found this in some other boards. Another boot-option for your kernel.
psmouse_rate=60 psmouse_resolution=200
You could give this a try...

As last resort, try a kernel-downgrade to 2.4

Regards

Last edited by pheon (2008-07-14 19:58:13)

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PS/2 optical Genius mouse doesn't work

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