Re: Acecad USB Tablet: usbmouse takeover and odd motion

From: Giuseppe Bilotta
Date: Fri Apr 20 2007 - 17:41:01 EST


On 4/20/07, Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@xxxxxxx> wrote:
On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 06:09:55PM +0200, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:
> On 4/20/07, Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >On 4/20/07, Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> Sorry, it seems I was wrong, it's not usbhid but usbmouse taking over.
> >> After a fresh plug (e.g. at bootup) I get the following:
> >>
> >
> >Well, the question is - why do you have usbmouse module on your system?
>
> Stock Debian kernel 2.6.18 comes with it.
>
> With my custom kernels I can probably skip compiling it at all, if you
> so suggest; should I blacklist it for the distro kernel? Or is there a
> chance that some random USB mouse plugged in would fail to function by
> doing so?

usbmouse and usbkbd are only intended for embedded systems where the
full usbhid doesn't fit and for testing purposes: Normal distros
shouldn't have them enabled.

Oh, I see. I'll blacklist those modules, maybe also issue a ticket on
the Debian BTS.

Thanks all.

--
Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta
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