Bug 63943
| Summary: | Installer does not setup laptop touchpad when run with external mouse attached, after install X-windows crashes without external mouse. | ||
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| Product: | [Retired] Red Hat Linux | Reporter: | Need Real Name <srossillo> |
| Component: | installer | Assignee: | Jeremy Katz <katzj> |
| Status: | CLOSED RAWHIDE | QA Contact: | Brock Organ <borgan> |
| Severity: | high | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | high | ||
| Version: | 7.2 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | i686 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
| Doc Text: | Story Points: | --- | |
| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
| Last Closed: | 2006-04-24 18:48:01 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
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I'm curious if kudzu (our hardware detection layer) is seeing both devices at install time. Could you try booting into the installer and go through up to the point you have a bash prompt on VC2 (cntl-alt-f2)? Then run 'python' Then at the '>>>' prompt, type: print kudzu.probe(kudzu.CLASS_MOUSE, kudzu.BUS_UNSPEC, kudzu.PROBE_ALL) Could you attach that output? Hopefully both devices will show up. Nevermind my email, I figured out what to do. Had to add the folder with kudzu.py to the PYTHONPATH and import kudzu Not bad for someone who's never used Python! :D heh, anyway, here is your output: [Desc: Generic USB Mouse Driver: mousedev Device: input/mice , Desc: Generic Mouse (PS/2) Driver: genericps/2 Device: psaux ] However, System Installer only recognizes input from the USB mouse, the touchpad is useless. Let me know if you need any more info. Thanks! Doh! Sorry I forgot about that - I'm impressed you figured it out... So kudzu is reporting both mice correctly. I will have to investigate more with a machine here that has two input devices. Thanks for letting us know about this problem. I think I've fixed how we handle this case to be more intelligent. Fixed in internal CVS. Time tracking values updated Mass-closing lots of old bugs which are in MODIFIED (and thus presumed to be fixed). If any of these are still a problem, please reopen or file a new bug against the release which they're occurring in so they can be properly tracked. |
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.9) Gecko/20020314 Description of problem: When installing RH Linux 7.3 beta (Skipjack) on a Dell 2100 laptop with an external USB mouse attached, the installer fails to setup the internal touchpad. After installation is complete, the system will load X-Windows with only the external mouse working. Worse yet, when the system is booted without the extrenal mouse, X-Windows fails to start. The error message basically states that required hardware was unavailable to X-Windows when it tried to start. Here is some other, possibly useful information: - When booting, the hardware wizard notices that the mouse is not attached and asks what I would like to do. I chose to keep the configuration (not sure what the actual option is called). Basically the option that means "don't bother me again if the device is missing." This seems to be a logical chose for an external mouse for a laptop - when it's there you want it to work; when it's not, you want it to be ignored. Also, see additional info below for the mouse section of x-config. The system is a Dell Inspiron 2100. The mouse is a Logitech cordless mouse. However, I would assume this problem is relevant to all laptops and USB mice. I am marking this bug with high priority because it causes X-Windows to crash/not start after installation. This would most likely disappoint potential new Linux users and veteran users alike who may not know how to manually correct this problem. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install RH Linux 7.3 beta on laptop w/extrenal usb mouse attached 2. Boot system w/external mouse still attached, notice that touchpad does not work. 3. Unplug USB mouse and reboot system. Choose "keep configurations" when prompted for missing mouse. Notice that X-Windows does not start. Actual Results: Linux starts but X-Windows does not - due to missing hardware. Expected Results: X-Windows should have started with touchpad support. Additional info: CLIP FROM X-CONFIG: # Pointer section # ********************************************************************** Section "Pointer" Protocol "IMPS/2" Device "/dev/input/mice" # For wheel support - can not be used with Emulate3Buttons # # ZAxisMapping 4 5 # When using XQUEUE, comment out the above two lines, and uncomment # the following line. # Protocol "Xqueue" # Baudrate and SampleRate are only for some Logitech mice # BaudRate 9600 # SampleRate 150 # Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button Microsoft mice # Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms) # Emulate3Buttons Emulate3Timeout 50 # ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice # ChordMiddle EndSection