Re: [2.4.21-rc1] USB Trackball broken

Greg KH (greg@kroah.com)
Wed, 23 Apr 2003 13:16:19 -0700


On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 02:49:27PM -0500, David van Hoose wrote:
> Nils Holland wrote:
> >On Wednesday 23 April 2003 18:54, David van Hoose wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I am running RedHat 9. Trackball is detected and works when using the
> >>stock 2.4.20-9 kernel that RedHat provided.
> >>
> >>With 2.4.21-rc1, I have included the USB and input devices in the
> >>kernel, as modules, and as various combinations in between. My USB
> >>Logitech Trackball shows up as being detected and setup, but it doesn't
> >>work.
> >
> >
> >I'm using a Logitech Cordless TrackMan here, and this works fine with
> >2.4.21-rc1. I don't know which trackball you have, but the Logitech input
> >devices all seem to be using more or less the same receiver, and this is
> >what the problem would be about.
> >
> >Anyway, if not done already, I would suggest that you plug the trackball
> >right into one of the computer's USB ports and not into an external hub to
> >see if that makes a difference.
>
> I have a Logitech Cordless Optical Trackman. It detects as a Logitech
> Cordless Receiver. My motherboard is an Asus P4S8X. It has the
> SiS648/SiS963 chipsets. I'm not using an external hub. I'm using the
> ports on my motherboard. I've tried using all 6 USB ports I have, but I
> get the same thing; detection and no input.

If you do not build in the CONFIG_USB_EHCI driver, does it work ok?

thanks,

greg k-h
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