From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33AB213800E for ; Sat, 28 Jul 2012 16:31:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E029AE0815; Sat, 28 Jul 2012 16:31:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-f53.google.com (mail-wg0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32FEDE0478 for ; Sat, 28 Jul 2012 16:30:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wgbfm10 with SMTP id fm10so2901037wgb.10 for ; Sat, 28 Jul 2012 09:30:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=hLConSS5aDqSWwolhklXmg9xqg1FsSKCuN7zI3Nna+8=; b=XXIdvsxYcq3UyHvov8DSfPd6fURu4Xc1xyMCB2giBt3yEWkoNps8EL82G4FYsfoGI8 qv23xQNsmeCTco0J2ePWT0wTagzMv5UK3BVuzuGi9i1Oi1ZOO1AF9psSeL0RA1R4ed8+ jVjZ4wBJc8phF9mdhV2Tyc5bb+50ywBOiFcxysPB9ZEaklkWAirJxeNf7GWTf1XxdtBm 8vxdU2wJ095E21+pN5s27MTp1eitGcRRzEmZkf5GdWzTIm64y0+jKnyZNFbxidZaw/7P RwnRHDVEoinAZjzAYnqWp/kMw1D6JF45Mzw/CQbX27EUv7rbMxb4BDhYprKTeJe7YR/C oGnw== Received: by 10.180.109.166 with SMTP id ht6mr14323733wib.11.1343493028235; Sat, 28 Jul 2012 09:30:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dell_xps.localnet (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa. [217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id t8sm5251586wiy.3.2012.07.28.09.30.26 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 28 Jul 2012 09:30:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] SOLVED - Mouse does not work with kernel-3.5.0 Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 17:30:38 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/3.3.8-gentoo; KDE/4.8.3; x86_64; ; ) References: <20120726123038.0f3281d2746152a8fc66f23d@ukr.net> <20120728162446.3a166513@hactar.digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: 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: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1448263.5v128GZjhY"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201207281730.57242.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 8fbdcf86-1831-43a8-bc1c-4bd22dbff54f X-Archives-Hash: bde504331c79f4ff567be4b91164f8c9 --nextPart1448263.5v128GZjhY Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Saturday 28 Jul 2012 16:59:10 Pandu Poluan wrote: > On Jul 28, 2012 10:29 PM, "Neil Bothwick" wrote: > > On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 13:22:24 +0300, v_2e@ukr.net wrote: > > > Hello again! > > >=20 > > > The problem is solved by adding the following kernel config option: > > > CONFIG_HID_GENERIC=3DM > > >=20 > > > This option was not present in the old configuration files, that is > > >=20 > > > why simple 'make oldconfig' did not do the job. > >=20 > > make oldconfig should pick up new options, that's what it's for. I've > > just upgraded a box from 3.4.4 to 3.5.0 and it prompted for this option, > > defaulting to Y (there's little point in making something that is always > > required a module). >=20 > I myself prefer make menuconfig to make oldconfig, because I can easily s= ee > new options, and also invoke some help text that (tries to) explain what > the option is about. Not to mention an easy-to-read "chain of dependencie= s" > of an option. >=20 > Rgds, Hmm .... but the "H" option in 'make oldconfig' allows you to see the help= =20 text before you decide to accept it or not. Of course, the help text itsel= f=20 may require you to obtain a University degree in kernel hacking to decipher= it=20 =2E.. but to some extent that's the fun of it all. ;-) =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart1448263.5v128GZjhY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAlAUE8EACgkQVTDTR3kpaLaiOwCgzVzsGU2rWy5s7ZvyJC1sze3d PLkAoN+PF5zg+qy8XQjJs8esXWPLblP8 =tvHh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1448263.5v128GZjhY--