[ale] USB is killing me

[Jim Popovitch]

Hi Chris,

I just went through the exact same thing.  In my case I had to compile
usb-ohci into the kernel, not as a module.  Secondly, I had to
uncheck/disable standard mouse/keyboard support under Character Devices.

hth,

-Jim P.

On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 20:39, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> I've just upgraded my laptop kernel from RH 2.4.20-20.9 to
> 2.4.22.  Here is what I do to upgrade
> 
> 1) download 2.4.22.tar.bz2
> 2) un tar
> 3) cd linux-2.4.22
> 4) make menuconfig
> 5) cp ../linux-2.4.20-20.9/.config .
> 6) make menuconfig
> 7) make dep && \ 
>    make bzImage && make modules && \
>    make modules_install
> 
> 8) cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/kerne-2.4.22
> 9) update /boot/menu.1st
> 
> My USB mouse will work under the old kernel and 
> not the new.  I can not figure out what I've done wrong.
> All the same modules are present just the new version.
> you'll see from the lsmod output that they are not the same.
> 
> 
> lsmod from 2.4.20-20.9 
> Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
> hid                    22244   0  (unused)
> input                   5856   0  [keybdev mousedev hid]
> usb-uhci               26412   0  (unused)
> usbcore                79040   1  [hid usb-uhci]
> 
> lsmod from 2.4.22
> Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
> hid                    12440   0  (unused)
> keybdev                 2944   0  (unused)
> input                   5760   0  [mousedev keybdev]
> usb-uhci               26380   0  (unused)
> usbcore                78080   1  [hid usb-uhci]
> 
> What did I do wrong?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris
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