RE: 2.6 upgrade

From: Erich Waelde (Erich.Waelde_at_t-online.de)
Date: 01/31/04

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To: "Brian Corman" <bwc2001@columbia.edu>

    Hi Brian,

    sorry for being not precise ...

    in a console and as "root" you need to run

      modprobe -v mousedev
      modprobe -v psmouse

    for a ps2-mouse. Otherwise replace 'psmouse' with 'sermouse' or similar,
    depending on the mouse you have. The listing from
    /lib/modules/2.6.0-1-k7/kernel/drivers/input/mouse
    shows the modules available.

    or better:

    If you are uncertain about what module to choose, then you can alternately
    run

      modconf

    which will present you with a simple menu. Use the arrow keys to scroll
    down to
      kernel/drivers/input
    select by pressing <Enter>. A smaller menu will show, select mousedev with
    enter. It will ask you, whether you really want to install this module :-)
    and warn that the system might hang a bit if the hw does not like the
    module. But be adventurous and select it anyway. Should it ask for
    additional arguments, just hit <Enter>.

    After that choose Exit and you are back in the first menu.
    Scroll down to
      kernel/drivers/input/mouse
    and select one of the entries and proceed as above.

    The nice thing about "modconf" is that it will automatically add the magic
    lines to /etc/modules thus loading them automagically at the next reboot.
    You can remove modules like this. -- Stupid me not thinking about this in
    the first place.

    IFFFF your mouse happens to be a usb-mouse, then you need to go to
      kernel/drivers/usb/input
    and proceed similarly.

    Brian Corman writes:
    > Erich,
    >
    > Thanks for the advice.
    >
    > I did the modprobe, but I don't really understand the next command. I ran it
    > verbatim, except substituting 386 for k7, and it just returned
    >
    > -bash: /root: is a directory
    >
    > Is there something in the command I am supposed to change?
    >
    > Also, I put mousedev in /etc/modules, but what is the second module? I
    > assume it has something to do with the second command that I am messing up.
    >
    >
    > Thanks, Brian
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Erich Waelde [mailto:Erich.Waelde@t-online.de]
    > Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 1:41 PM
    > To: bwc2001@columbia.edu
    > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
    > Subject: Re: 2.6 upgrade
    >
    >
    > > I upgraded to the testing 2.6 kernel, and my mouse is now frozen. Any
    > > advice?
    >
    > open a console, login as root,
    >
    > modprobe -v mousedev
    >
    > and one of these
    > ~ 11 > ls -l /lib/modules/2.6.0-1-k7/kernel/drivers/input/mouse
    > total 51
    > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6907 Jan 11 07:21 inport.ko
    > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7106 Jan 11 07:21 logibm.ko
    > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5514 Jan 11 07:21 pc110pad.ko
    > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22134 Jan 11 07:21 psmouse.ko
    > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7228 Jan 11 07:21 sermouse.ko
    >
    > make sure to add the 2 modules to /etc/modules
    >
    >
    > I found that I had to add quite a few modules, like
    > loop, floppy, driver for graphics card and scsi ...
    >
    > Cheers,
    > Erich
    >
    >
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