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 EEFAD1384E4 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:25:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DAFA221C0AC; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:25:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.cs.nyu.edu (SMTP.CS.NYU.EDU [128.122.49.97]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 561BF21C05B for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:25:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ajglap.localdomain (ool-182de1a5.dyn.optonline.net [24.45.225.165]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.cs.nyu.edu (8.14.3/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r0GFPbHn024216 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:25:38 -0500 (EST) Received: by ajglap.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1502) id 12F7E70354; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:22:35 -0500 (EST) From: Allan Gottlieb To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] USB mouse and keyboard stopped working--WORKS! References: Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:22:34 -0500 In-Reply-To: ("Canek =?utf-8?Q?Pel=C3=A1ez_Vald=C3=A9s=22's?= message of "Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:09:36 -0600") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2 (gnu/linux) 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=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: bf0329f5-d28b-4ebf-af91-f0f2a8d1e17b X-Archives-Hash: 028c111d0aa037ecc8731179a705ce28 On Tue, Jan 15 2013, Canek Pel=C3=A1ez Vald=C3=A9s wrote: > On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 6:40 PM, Allan Gottlieb wrote: >> The external (USB) mouse on one of my laptops stopped working. >> I tried a keyboard and that failed as well. >> >> There are two USB ports and the mouse fails on both (only tried the >> keyboard on one). >> >> I can dual boot into windows and there the mouse does work on both >> ports. >> >> The kernel is unchanged (3.5.4). This seems to have happened around the >> last udev update (now 197-r2), which caused other problems (these have >> been repaired using suggestions from this group). >> >> I would appreciate any help. > > The usual info is necessary: do you mean they stopped working on X? Do > you use a xorg.conf? Do you use xf86-input-evdev? > > Regards. Yes, under X. No xorg.conf. I just have /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf (see below). Yes, xf86-input-evdev is installed. thanks, allan ... I just went to re-confirm that tail -f /var/log/messages shows nothing when the mouse is inserted/removed (I did that test yesterday) and all-of-a-sudden IT WORKS! The mouse is fine. I looked at what was emerged today (~amd64) and don't see anything relevant. Thanks for your interest. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D I believe this is the default, but here is 10-evdev.conf # # Catch-all evdev loader for udev-based systems # We don't simply match on any device since that also adds accelerometers # and other devices that we don't really want to use. The list below # matches everything but joysticks. Section "InputClass" Identifier "evdev pointer catchall" MatchIsPointer "on" MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" Driver "evdev" EndSection Section "InputClass" Identifier "evdev keyboard catchall" MatchIsKeyboard "on" MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" Driver "evdev" EndSection Section "InputClass" Identifier "evdev touchpad catchall" MatchIsTouchpad "on" MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" Driver "evdev" EndSection Section "InputClass" Identifier "evdev tablet catchall" MatchIsTablet "on" MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" Driver "evdev" EndSection Section "InputClass" Identifier "evdev touchscreen catchall" MatchIsTouchscreen "on" MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" Driver "evdev" EndSection