Re: [2.4.21-rc1] USB Trackball broken

[Greg KH]

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