USB Mouse problems 9.1

[mikeoneil]

Hi

On my computer I have both 9.0 and 9.1 (booted from a floppy).

So they have exactly the same hardware. On 9.0 I succesfully installed a usb optical mouse (actually a Cellink portable mouse, I sure it´s completely unknown to anyone).

The XF86Config-4 file lists this as /dev/usbmouse, protocol IMPS/2 and it works a treat.

 

On 9.1 however, a disaster! Basically after learning the basics of vi and linuxconf then editing XF86Config-4 I was able to get the ps/2 mouse working again in 9.1.

The problem I have is that when the usb mouse is connected, the boot process takes ages and if I select a usb mouse from MCC it does not work in 9.1 but is fine for 9.0.

Any ideas??

Mike

[Guest ndeb]

Checkout http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/errata.php3#slowusb where it says that the LM9.1 kernel tries to talk to USB devices and that takes time. This sounds like a bad excuse since LM9.0 kernel has no problems. So the problem is known but mandrake has not yet figured out how to solve it.

[bvc]

If the above doesn't solve the prob, compare

/etc/modules.conf

and

/etc/modules

between 9.0 and 9.1 and/or boot to 9.0 and see what usb mods are loaded and if they're not in 9.1 add them to /etc/modules. Maybe for some weird reason 9.1 can't/won't load the rt mods?????

[mikeoneil]

I compared the two modules files between 9.0 and 9.1 and found no difference as far as usb was concerned. I have now bought a new Logitech wireless mouse and after just plugging it in it to the usb port it now works on both 9.0 and 9.1 without any futher changes! Strange that the other mouse worked in 9.0 but not 9.1?? Anyway the bootup process is much quicker now for 9.1 with the new mouse.

Thanks for the suggestions anyway.

 

Mike