Re: LinuxConsole, yet not working!

[Aivils <ai...@un...>]

> > > > My days are spent configuring and reconfiguring and I have so far
> > > > reconfigured my kernel for some 300 times and installed, yet without
> > > > success.

You have a will!

> > > > I have lately configured as appeared below my signature and it is
> > > > working fine. But I could not see my USB scrollmouse (which works
> > > > perfect without tweaking and in Windows) when I execute the

usb mouse and keyboard cover HID, HID input must figured.
In the 2.4.25 version USB HID is figured in by default

> >
> > # lsmod
> > Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
> > iptable_filter          2444   0  (autoclean) (unused)
> > ip_tables              16448   1  [iptable_filter]
> > ppp_synctty             8320   0  (unused)
> > ppp_async               9856   1
> > usbkbd                  4796   0  (unused)
> > uhci                   30492   0  (unused)
> > microcode               7808   0  (autoclean)
> 
> you don't have the driver for usb mouse loaded,
> 
> there are actually two drivers
> - hid.o (which also handles keyboards and is recomended)
> - the older usbmouse.o

usbkbd and usbmouse usage is not recommended by code author Vojtech Pavlik.
$ modprobe usb-uhci
$ modprobe hid 

> > usbkbd.c: :USB HID Boot Protocol keyboard driver

please do not use usbkbd. why?

> > usbdevfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed dev 2 rqt 128 rq 6 len 59 ret -6
> > usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 14:23:11 Aug  3 2004
> > usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled
> > usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
> 
> > uhci.c: ef40: host controller halted. very bad
> > usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:1f.2-2 address 2
> 
> this looks like a very serious usb problem

Also exists alternative driver usb-ohci. if usb-uhci halt very oft and
constatly, then try usb-ohci

> > --- demesg-unpluged        2004-08-04 16:46:03.000000000 +0545
> > +++ dmesg-pluged        2004-08-04 16:47:14.000000000 +0545
> > @@ -189,3 +189,5 @@
> >  hub.c: new USB device 00:1f.2-2, assigned address 3
> >  usb.c: USB device 3 (vend/prod 0x4fc/0x5) is not claimed by any active
> > driver. usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:1f.2-2 address 3
> > +hub.c: new USB device 00:1f.2-2, assigned address 4
> > +usb.c: USB device 4 (vend/prod 0x4fc/0x5) is not claimed by any active
> > driver.
> 
> same adress as the scary warning,
> might be try older/newer kernel
> (but this after trying to load the driver for usb mice)

usb device driver for mouse and keyboard is hid
$ modprobe hid

> 
> > > > Kindly help. I am desperately in need of a
> > > > MultiHead system.
> > > >
> > > > And since the FC2 has adopted the X.org instead of XFree86, will it
> > > > affect to the backstreet ruby?
> > >
> > > it depends on wether you are using the modified Xserver,
> > > or the "echo 1 > /proc/.../video-hack"
> > > in the first case you'll have to patch/recompile xorg
> > > (i've a patch)
> > > in the second no changes are needed

X.org and XFree86 today is very similar.
Also does not extists special "backstreet-ruby" distribution.
I think You should use localy avaible distro. Your FC1 is good.
Youn should not recompile kernel 400 times. If You doubt about
someone, then compile as module and after it will be loaded
automatic by system init scripts or You can load modules
manualy after our sugestion :)
FC1 uses modular kernel and so load modules for You even
if You replace kernel. That works mostly, while module names
stay unchanged. Unknown names are figured in by default,
seems hid is unknown module name for FC1.

Aivils