From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Rk1pe-0004hg-JX for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 08 Jan 2012 23:07:20 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9A62821C0B3; Sun, 8 Jan 2012 23:07:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f181.google.com (mail-we0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D324221C087 for ; Sun, 8 Jan 2012 23:05:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by werm12 with SMTP id m12so2860725wer.40 for ; Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:05:54 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:organization :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=U+STQncjFqh5jygl9UL1Oj+3SzCLoggUVf11yyYvotA=; b=j7o+phCNHS5Un8l+/4qYS9vReA6x6lbdhbNrGy2WbUOt5dVDuUXvS+VVp24L5pfvqf dfnyG0neB+LhoBhC9JS50Ql0exLqjgxAUfTfEievuCL1dF5WKrzdt/VkTyBw+ldRuEf1 SMhR+esAqlDtlkpgtYsbUmxl9ELOfjtO1KTMc= Received: by 10.216.133.82 with SMTP id p60mr2685902wei.59.1326063954048; Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:05:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from khamul.example.con (196-215-2-107.dynamic.isadsl.co.za. [196.215.2.107]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id ek1sm3034945wib.11.2012.01.08.15.05.51 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:05:52 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 01:05:47 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Linux Kernel 3.2.0 & USB Mouse Message-ID: <20120109010547.0e29d1dc@khamul.example.con> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: Internet Solutions X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.8; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 95e3b983-1f86-4695-9b55-052eee0b32da X-Archives-Hash: 273d7523179ba9f415d10d017e650482 On Sun, 8 Jan 2012 14:57:49 -0800 Hilco Wijbenga wrote: > On 8 January 2012 05:15, walt wrote: > > On 01/07/2012 06:53 PM, Hilco Wijbenga wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I'm trying to upgrade the kernel on my desktop from 3.1.6 to > >> 3.2.0(-r1). Unfortunately, my Logitech USB trackball does not work > >> in 3.2.0. It is listed in the lsusb output so it is being > >> recognized but neither GPM nor X responds to it. > >> > >> I have tried to make sure that the .config files are as identical > >> as possible. The differences that I see do not seem relevant to my > >> problem. Any ideas? > > > > IIRC the kernel config choices for HID were reorganized recently. > > I remember that my keyboard stopped working and I had to set some > > HID selection that I can't recall now, but it's worth a look. > > Yes, I noticed that when I compared the old and new configs. The only > entries that seemed relevant were CONFIG_USB_MOUSE and > CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD. The documentation is quite specific, though: "you > don't want this". I tried them anyway but no luck. > > If you remember more details, I'd be very interested. You definitely do not want to set those, they are not for mouses and keyboards as normally used. They are for small embedded systems that do not support the full HID setup. You must disable those settings and just use the regular HID stuff.