Mouse combo setup problem
 

I have gotten a gyration Ultra GT full sized keyboard suite, http://www.gyrationdirect.com/product.asp?sku=2381448 , when I hooked it up to my RH 9 comp only the keyboard worked and I couldent get the mouse to work. I wondering if anyone has encountered a problem like this or could help. I says on the side of the box that other systems that support usb 1.1 might work.



Thanks

Did you use an USB mouse before or did you use another means of connection (ps/2, serial, ...)?

If the latter is the case than you need to reconfigure your system and XF86Config to use the USB connection rather than the old one. This is explained rather well in this document.

Pay specific attention to Basic USB Configuration and then to USB Human Interface Device (HID) Configuration.

Good luck!

well the mouse I was using eirlier was a usb mouse but it was a logitech wireless one and Im not sure if that will have any effect on it.
I there nechance of getting my gyration combo to work?

sry about that^ I was on a diferent thread when I typed it

but yeah it was a ub mouse and a PS/2 keyboard. could I be having a problem because the wireless keyboard and mouse go into the same reciever?

I was about t otry what that page said then I hooked up a ps/2 keyboard and usb mouse. they both worked during bootup and then when I got to the gui login they didnt work. the mouse wouldent move and the keyboard wouldent type.

Hmm, if you were able to use a USB mouse previously, you should have no problem with your new one in theory.

I guess your controller is connected to your PC with only one USB cable? That could be a problem alright, I don't know if Linux can handle this. I know receivers that would have two ps/2 cables, one to connect into the PC's keyboard connector and the other one into the mouse connector. This worked as Linux would recognize the two different devices.

You need to check if your devices are actually recognized as two seperate ones (mouse and keyboard). To check this you can look through /var/log/messages after you loaded all the usb kernel modules (including hid). Or you can check the output of after you mounted the usbdevfs file system. Look for messages that include "keyboard", "mouse" or similar. Post any output here if you can.

This is all described in detail in the Howto I posted earlier.

Also make sure that you have the actual USB Human Interface Device (full HID) support compiled as your kernel module (look into the kernel configuration: make menuconfig). This one can handle mouse and keyboard. There are also "USB HIDBP Keyboard (basic) support" and "USB HIDBP Mouse (basic) support" which are not recommended. Do not compile them additionally to the 'full' support module as this can cause problems.

well the problem I am also having is that I was going to use a normal mouse an keyboard to configure them in gui. yet they are not working in gui. how do I avoid going into the gui login screen? and staying in text-based.

To boot into a nongraphical mode you need to give the parameter init 3 to the bootloader. For example if you use lilo, you enter linux init 3 instead of just linux. This will make your system boot into runlevel 3 (instead of 5) where everything should be running except for the x window system.

Also your normal (ps/2?) mouse might not be working because your system is configured to use a USB mouse in the graphical mode. You need to adjust your XF86Config file to make your system use the ps/2 mouse instead of the USB one.

first off Im using a usb mouse and second Im using grub and cant get into gui to edit it so how do I edit it before it even gets into the gui login cuz that is where they stop working.

I got into the computer and went to the directory that you said and It only recognizes it as one device. what do ido to make it recognize it as two?

About the boot loader; I meant that you have to give the parameter "init 3" at the boot prompt, that is when the grub screen appears before linux has booted. I have never used grub so I cannot tell you, how to hand parameters to it. Consult the documentation on how to give kernel- or boot-parameters to grub. Or maybe some friendly person on here can help you with this. :)

About the receiver only being recognized as one device; that is what I feared. As I said: I do not know if linux can handle this setup. I only know that older receivers had two cables (1 for keyboard and 1 for mouse) and luckily they worked. And I'm afraid I don't know the USB system well enough to help you there.

Well I can think of one more thing you might want to try. Compile the two modules with the basic support. There is one for USB mouse support and one for keyboard. After you compiled them, make sure that the hid module is NOT loaded (lsmod) and then load the two new modules. Maybe each one will attach to its device and both will work. But it's only a blind shot.


Good luck!

and how to do that is in the page u showed me? and if that didnt work how would I change it so that normal mouses and keyboards would work? if it had two recievers would it work?(just wondering)

yeah the next time someone looks at this thread Im not sure how to unload the usb module and compile and every thing if you could give me a link to how to that would be great. and how to make the normal mouse and keyboard work that again would be great. Thanks

For now since most of this stuff is still over my head I would like to configure my system for a usb mouse and ps/2 keyboard until I learn more. so my question to you is - how. THanks