Re: 2.6.15-rc1-mm1

[Greg KH]

On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 08:24:33PM -0500, Ed Tomlinson wrote:
> On Friday 18 November 2005 18:51, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 06:35:11PM -0500, Ed Tomlinson wrote:
> > > On Friday 18 November 2005 18:16, Ed Tomlinson wrote:
> > > > On Friday 18 November 2005 16:14, Ian McDonald wrote:
> > > > > On 11/19/05, Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > > Are you using debian?
> > > > > > If so, what version of udev are you using?  There are some known
> > > > > > reported problems with this, so I would suggest referring to the udev
> > > > > > bug list.
> > > > > >
> > > > > In particular check the version requirements for udev - you need to be
> > > > > on a version greater than or equal to 71. Sarge/stable has a really
> > > > > old version. In particular I am running unstable as I had too many
> > > > > funny errors (including this one) - but etch should be fine.
> > > > > 
> > > > > If running another distribution check this also as it is a real requirement.
> > > > > 
> > > > > To find the latest version of udev required check Documentation/Changes
> > > > 
> > > > devinfo -v 
> > > > udevinfo, version 074 
> > > > 
> > > > dpkg -s 
> > > > Package: udev
> > > > Status: install ok installed
> > > > Priority: extra
> > > > Section: admin
> > > > Installed-Size: 1072
> > > > Maintainer: Marco d'Itri <md@xxxxxxxx>
> > > > Architecture: amd64
> > > > Version: 0.074-3
> > > > 
> > > > Interestingly the same udev works fine with 14-rc4-mm1.  I'll check the debian
> > > > bugs.
> > > 
> > > There does not seem to be anything that fits this reported as a debian bug.  Where
> > > is the udev bugs list?
> > 
> > For Debian?  I have no idea as I do not use it :)
> > 
> > For general udev issues/queries try the linux-hotplug-devel mailing
> > list.
> > 
> > Oh, and are you sure you actually have the proper module loaded?
> 
> Think only the mousedev module is not loaded.  Once I modprobe it the mouse works
> and the /dev/input/mice appears.  The mouse works normally with all buttons and wheels
> acting normal.

Then you just need to make sure that module is loaded properly, which
doesn't sound like a udev issue :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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