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Old 08-25-2003, 12:27 PM   #1
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Mouse detected in bios but not assigned IRQ in /proc/interrupts


Hi there,

I am having a problem getting my mouse to work.

The bios detects the ps/2 mouse correctly. It should assign the mouse to IRQ 12, however when I list my /proc/interrupts there is nothing assigned to 12?

- IRQ 12 is not reserved in bios.
- There are no IRQ conflicts that could cause the problem

What else could be going wrong that I can look at to fix this problem?

This problem is stopping my embedded peewee linux X windows from booting into X. (I initially was checking that XFree86Config was set correctly and looking at /dev/mouse /dev/psaux mappings, but they are all fine....).

Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks in advance,

Ashley Rolleston
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Old 08-25-2003, 05:38 PM   #2
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go into your bios and make sure the option (assign irq to usb) is enabled, that is if you have usb mouse.
 
Old 08-26-2003, 04:33 AM   #3
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No, its a ps/2 mouse
 
Old 08-26-2003, 08:12 AM   #4
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well i think it may be a problem with the kernel I am using and my hardware ?

I use the 2.2.17 kernel. Are there any known issues with IRQ assignment with this build ?

I am still wondering if anything else can cause linux to not assign an IRQ to the mouse / not detect the mouse when it is detected in BIOS fine ?

Building a new kernel seems a little long winded, especially that it may not solve the problem! However I have used redhat 7.3 on the target system and the mouse works fine.

/me bangs head

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Old 08-26-2003, 09:43 AM   #5
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whoa, that kernel is before my time (I started with 2.4.6 when 2.4 wasrather new) you may want to update keernels.
 
  


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