Re: [gentoo-user] Mouse does not work with kernel-3.5.0

[Bryan Gardiner <bog@khumba.net>]

On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 12:55:12 +0300
v_2e@ukr.net wrote:

>   Hello!
> 
> On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:36:23 +0100
> Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 12:30:38 +0300, v_2e@ukr.net wrote:
> > 
> > >   After upgrading to sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.5.0 my mouse
> > > stopped working in X-session.
> > 
> > You haven't provided much information to go on so you're not going
> > to get much more than guesses and "it works for me" responses.
> > 
> > Have a look for errors, marked EE, in /var/log/Xorg.0.log.
> > 
>   Yes, I did 
>       grep EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log
> before posting. And there was no mention of a mouse.
> 
> > How did you compile your new kernel, from scratch or with make
> > oldconfig? I suspect you may have missed something needed for evdev.
> > 
>   I did 'make oldconfig' as usual.
> > Did you update anything else at the same time?
> > 
>   Yes, I upgraded several packages. Among relevant are:
>     x11-base/xorg-server-1.12.99.902
>     x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.7.1
>     x11-drivers/xf86-input-synaptics-1.6.2
>     x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse-1.7.2
>     x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard-1.6.1
>     x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.7.1
>     sys-fs/udev-186
> 
> I also removed the previously existing
> '/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/25-mouse.conf' file and tried without it.
> However it did not help.
> 
>   I have just booted my previous kernel-3.4.5, and the mouse works
> fine with the very same set of X-related programs and settings.
> 
> ----- 
>  <v_2e@ukr.net>
> 

Does the mouse work if you try starting X with /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
empty?  Or maybe re-emerge xf86-input-evdev, -synaptics, -mouse?

You should be able to check whether your kernel recognizes your mouse
with something like:

~ $ grep -ie mouse -e synaptics -e touch /proc/bus/input/devices
N: Name="SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad"
H: Handlers=mouse0 event5 
N: Name="USB Optical Mouse"
H: Handlers=mouse1 event7

Though I would think it's more likely a problem with upgrading your X
packages.  The driver packages all need to be upgraded after the
server itself, and while I've always seen emerge get this right, I'm
not sure whether that's deliberate or a coincidence.

Cheers,
Bryan