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From: Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Mouse does not work with kernel-3.5.0
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Bryan Gardiner wrote:
> 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
>
>
It may not help but I just configed my new kernel with make oldconfig
and noticed there was a new/different driver for mice and keyboards.
Could it be that either the wrong one was used OR that the new one
should have been used instead of the old one?
Just thought I would mention this just in case.
Dale
:-) :-)
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