hiya

logitech g5 usb mouse will not work in text or x

10.2 2.4

tried imps/2
tried /dev/input/mice
tried usb mouse
tried other stuff like a 2.6 kernel but , i kinda abouted that ...
let's get 2.4 working then we'll go to 2.6
tried mouseconfig
tried ???


linux since 92 or so ..... something like that
i've been using xp for a few years now - just cause im a gamer ...


anyway off to try .. some other stuff

This HOWTO from Gentoo might help:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_static_USB_mouse

regards

via controller

did the usbmouse thing
no go

so i wnet into /etc/hotplug/blacklist
and changed
says uhci and not usb-uhci

that worked the mouse now detected - still not working.

closer

if i unplug and replug
..there are two lights one top one bottom
the bottom comes on - top does not.

thx -- closer ....

have no idea what "path" is supposed to be in the how-to

it appers that it works for a microsecond , then quits.

when booting in console . gpm loads and the mouse cursor blinks.
same when booting x , the cursor just blinks.

...almost like a conflict ....

tried path /dev/mouse /dev/mouse0 /dev/mouse1 /dev/input/mice

...and of course i cant post the syslog data because ... im in xp

...something like

usb not accepting new connections .....

it seems that you have a new type of mouse.
i should have referred you to this article instead:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Advanced_Mouse

try reading it. it might help
my opinion here is that you are a having a wrong config or a missing device driver.

anyway the mouse works in xp right?

maybe this
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liquigel
Newbie

Registered: Feb 2004
Location: CT, USA
Posts: 29
Distribution: Debian stable

Got it.

In modconf, under kernel/drivers/input, "mousedev" had not been selected. I installed that module,
and now all seems well on the western front.

Now, in my dmesg output, near the end, there's a line that says:
Code:

mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice


Also, lsmod now lists "mousedev" along with "[usbkbd hid usbmouse keybdev]"
after the "input" module.

Sweet!
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thx

nope still nope - i'll go 2.6 and go from there.

still no ( bear with me here )
knoppix hangs at
ata1:dev 0 ata ma udma/133 78xxxx etc

2.6 kernel hangs at the same spot .. in slack

i suspect my via controller is not working the way it should ... but i have a promise controller ...
ill switch over to that one and see if i can boot.

...all this just to get a mouse plugged in ..... it is getting stupid .... quickly

ok ---
windows breaks --- of course - i need to install the promise drivers ... easy enough

and

i get a kernel painic booting with grub
please append a proper root= blah blah blah yadda yadda

root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda2 ro vga=791
boot

thats the bad new --- it will not boot
good news - mouse detects and appers to be working perfectly ...

now i just need to fix xp
and enter the correct grub settings ....

says
xp on partition 1 hd 1
slack on part 2 hd 1


even closer ...
i could laugh or cry at this point ....
still .... almost home

weird my connection dropped there .... very strange.

xp on partition 1 hd 1 = (hd0,1)
slack on part 2 hd 1 = (hd0,2)

config your /boot's root to (hd0,2)

ill try that again i guess-

the error is no syncing VFS
anyway - i think the kernel there is one I made up yesterday . looks like a good kernel
im just worried about breaking my win boot, i do not want to break it ...

im gonna try

root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda2
boot

and

some variations.

and ill try sda3 sda4 because i have four parts , and it seems like they get mixed up in order, i've noticed that before.

if not then i'll try the initrd

thx

ok

i just booted into xp with grub

root (hd0,0)
rootnoverify
makeactive
chainloader +1
boot

and knoppix cd still appears to be non-functional

and
root(hd0,2)
gives error unknown part type

so
root (hd0,1)
i believe is the correct part

one more thing - may be important - maybe not
i could NOT compile grub myself - it failed
i ended up installing the redhat rpm package.
maybe important - i dont think so though.

nope - nothing ---

xp takes approx 1/2 second to install a mouse

linux - three days and still nothing

thats it - im done like toast.
can't get support , thanks anyway , but enough is enough.

ill throw that at pat and see what he says.

..waiting for three more days ....

you're problem's kinda complicated for me. sorry bout that.