Hotplug and USB mouse wheel

sud_crow · 2005-05-30 04:50:14

I updated the kernel today, so i had to do a pacman -S nforce nvidia, in the process (between kernel and pacman) i rebooted and realized i was loading hotplug for nothing, as i was loading all the modules at rc.conf

So i deactivated it, rebooted, started x and got a nice and working pointer as usual, but i couldnt get the wheel to work!

The mouse wheel its declared as ZAxis... " 4 5" .. ..in xorg.conf, so i cant see the reason for this behavior.

I put hotplug back in rc.conf and got the wheel working again.

Any ideas appreciated!

i3839 · 2005-05-30 11:55:03

Compare the lsmod output with and without hotplug, and see which modules are missing in the one. Adding one or more to rc.conf should fix it.

Dusty · 2005-05-30 14:26:41

I had to add uhci_hcd to the modules array before my mouse would work at all, but if its working except the wheel, I'd hesitate to think it was a usb problem...

Dusty

sud_crow · 2005-05-31 04:38:09

yes, its real wierd... and comparing lsmod.... mmm... i guess its a good time to learn how to use diff, coz using stock arch kernel loads LOTS of modules...
anyway, i will try that dumping the ls output to a file and checking with diff...

T-Dawg · 2005-05-31 10:53:41

i guess its a good time to learn how to use diff, coz using stock arch kernel loads LOTS of modules...

just do something like:

lsmod >nohotplug.list
lsmod >hotplug.list
diff nohotplug.list hotplug.list

lanrat · 2005-05-31 13:25:12

Just googling around...
http://kerneltrap.org/node/4645
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-33 … ernel.html
it might be about loading correct usb module.

sud_crow · 2005-06-02 05:13:34

Hey, thanks everyone for the replies!

lanrat, you got it, although they choose to recompile the kernel, im just going to try to load the module.

Hey
I was having this same problem today with my brand-spankin' nforce3 board. I don't know if this changed from 2.4 to 2.6, but the kernel config defaults to USB-UHCI host controller which is typically used for via and intel chipsets. The nforce3, however, uses the OHCI host controller. So, cd ..linux-2.6.10 , make menuconfig, device drivers, usb support, select OHCI HCD support. recompile, etc.
This was drivin' me nuts. Same exact thing..mouse works but no wheel . It took my usb printer not working for me to figure it out.
Hope that helps

(my chipset is a nforce3 too).

Thanks again.

Arch Linux

#1 2005-05-30 04:50:14

Hotplug and USB mouse wheel

#2 2005-05-30 11:55:03

Re: Hotplug and USB mouse wheel

#3 2005-05-30 14:26:41

Re: Hotplug and USB mouse wheel

#4 2005-05-31 04:38:09

Re: Hotplug and USB mouse wheel

#5 2005-05-31 10:53:41

Re: Hotplug and USB mouse wheel

#6 2005-05-31 13:25:12

Re: Hotplug and USB mouse wheel

#7 2005-06-02 05:13:34

Re: Hotplug and USB mouse wheel

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