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I'm running mandriva LE 2005 with kernel-multimedia-win4lin-2.6.11-9.mm.6mdk-1-1mdk and suddently thje mouse is not enabled. In dmesg I see "service harddrake removed MOUSE" at boot.

I've tried with the control panel hardware config to re-define the mouse but to noavail.

When I installed win4lin it worked nice.

The hardware is well functionning (dual boot win$) and also if I boot with the basic kernel 2.6.11-6 .

I've tried to remove and reinstall the mmedia kernel, but the mouse still doesn't work with it.

How could I get the mouse to work with the mmedia kernel ?

Thanks for help.

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Look in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf or XF86Config-4 file and find the mouse device section. Try changing the mouse device to /dev/psaux (if it isn't already).

Thanks for the answer, but this doesn't cure the problem. I suspect there is something wrong at init time.

Xfdrake and/or hardrake don't set up the mouse with the mm kernel.

Here are the diffs from syslog in both cases:

No mouse: (boot 2.6.11-9.mm.6mdk)

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Aug 3 12:03:21 localhost rc: Lancement de dkms : succeeded

Aug 3 12:03:21 localhost service_harddrake[5134]: ### Program is starting ###

Aug 3 12:03:22 localhost service_harddrake[5134]: modified file /etc/sysconfig/harddrake2/kernel

Aug 3 12:03:23 localhost service_harddrake[5134]: created file /etc/sysconfig/harddrake2/previous_hw

Aug 3 12:03:23 localhost harddrake: succeeded

**********************************************************

Mouse working ( boot 2.6.11-6mdk):

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Aug 3 12:17:38 localhost rc: Lancement de dkms : succeeded

Aug 3 12:17:39 localhost service_harddrake[5163]: ### Program is starting ###

Aug 3 12:17:40 localhost service_harddrake[5163]: modified file /etc/sysconfig/harddrake2/kernel

Aug 3 12:17:40 localhost service_harddrake[5163]: added MOUSE: |ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse

Aug 3 12:17:40 localhost service_harddrake[5163]: running: /sbin/modprobe usbhid

Aug 3 12:17:40 localhost service_harddrake[5163]: modified file /etc/sysconfig/mouse

Aug 3 12:17:40 localhost service_harddrake[5163]: symlinked file input/mice to /dev/mouse

Aug 3 12:17:40 localhost service_harddrake[5163]: removed files/directories /etc/X11/xinit.d/auxmouse_buttons

Aug 3 12:17:40 localhost service_harddrake[5163]: removed files/directories /etc/X11/xinit.d/xpad

Aug 3 12:17:40 localhost service_harddrake[5163]: moved file /etc/X11/xorg.conf to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.old

Aug 3 12:17:40 localhost service_harddrake[5163]: moved file /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 to /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.old

Aug 3 12:17:40 localhost service_harddrake[5163]: removed files/directories /etc/X11/XF86Config

Aug 3 12:17:40 localhost service_harddrake[5163]: symlinked file xorg.conf to /etc/X11/XF86Config

Aug 3 12:17:40 localhost service_harddrake[5163]: created file /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Aug 3 12:17:46 localhost cups: Démarrage de cupsd succeeded

Aug 3 12:17:40 localhost service_harddrake[5163]: created file /etc/sysconfig/harddrake2/previous_hw

Aug 3 12:17:40 localhost harddrake: succeeded

 

The file /etc/sysconfig/harddrake2/kernel contains in both cases:

KERNEL=2.6

 

The file "/etc/sysconfig/harddrake2/previous_hw" is very different:

Mouse not working:

pst01234pci_device

3pci_function

 

SERIAL_USB

ion

0XMaxendor

snd-intel8x0iption

0nction

DISPLAY_VGA

2356:65535:65535 Driver (IPv4-over-1394 as per RFC 2734)

 

Mouse working:

pst01234driverdriverdrivermedia_typeÛ$vendor

PCIus& er34)

 

So there is a big problem about hardware detection at kernel load/init time.

How could I investigate further ?

Thanks.

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  • 3 months later...

Make sure that win4lin installed the same version kernel you were using before win4lin. I had a problem with one machine out of three ending up with an earlier win4lin patched kernel, and that broke the usb subsystem at boot. When I used rpmdrake to install the correct kernel, the problem went away. I still don't know why win4lin installed an earlier kernel on that one machine.

 

Bruce

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