[TriLUG] Sony Laptop/USB problems w/ RH 7.3

[Ben Pitzer]

Mark,

I'm guessing that you're using two different kernels, one for each OS. 
If that's the case, make sure that your RH kernel has the modules
compiled for using USB input devices.  This might include turning on the
CONFIG_USB_MOUSE, CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD, and CONFIG_USB_HID options in
your .config file and recompiling.  Also the CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBDEV and
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV might need to be compiled in.  Never having used
USB input devices before, I can't be certain.  Best of luck to you,
though.

Regards,
Ben Pitzer

On Tue, 2002-06-04 at 23:05, Mark Johnson wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I recently installed RedHat 7.3 on my laptop, a Sony Vaio PCG FX220,
> (which has two built-in usb ports) but I can't get my external usb
> keyboard or mouse to work.
> 
> The keyboard & mouse work just fine under debian unstable (and WinME),
> which are also installed on the same machine. 
> 
> What appears to be the main difference between debian and RH
> installations is that RH uses xfree86 v4.2, whereas debian uses
> v4.1. But that shouldn't be the problem.
> 
> I've loaded the same modules when running RH as when runnning debian,
> but still get nothing. I've also tried using the debian XF86Config-4
> file. The keyboard does work at the lilo screen, though.
> 
> Neither device shows up via 'lsusb' or /proc/bus/usb/devices, but the
> hubs (ports) are recognized. (FWIW, /proc/bus/usb/ is empty when
> running debian.)
> 
> I'm a complete redhat newbie, so I may be missing something
> obvious. Yeah, I know, RTFM. And I did. The USB-guide at linux-usb.org
> didn't do it for me.
> 
> Any help would be much appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Mark
> 
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