From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux ppc; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040422 Epiphany/1.1.12 Description of problem: The Linux kernel treats the trackpad on my iBook as an Apple Desktop Bus device, supported by the mousedev driver. Since it is not a USB device, hotplug does not recognize it. The result is that the mousedev kernel module is not loaded when I boot my iBook without a USB mouse attached and X does not start. This may actually need to be fixed in /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit. For old kernel versions, /etc/rc.d/sysinit inserts mousedev manually. For recent kernels, however, sysinit depends on hotplug to load mousedev. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): hotplug-2004_03_11-1 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot with no USB mouse connected to my iBook. The mousedev module is not loaded and X fails to load. If I insert the mousedev module by hand X starts fine. 2. Boot with a USB mouse plugged in. In this case the mousedev driver is inserted on booting and X starts fine. Additional info:
What iBook is this? G3/G4 and if G3, which generation? /proc/cpuinfo details would be good, if you're unsure Also, is this still a bug with Rawhide latest? (because I have tested on a iBook g3 2.2 and an iBook g4, and it seems to all "just work")
Yes, this is still the case. However, I just learned (correct me if I'm wrong) that the Red Hat kernel does not compile mousedev as a module. So, there is no need for hotplug to load mousedev in this case. I use a custom kernel and my mousedev driver is compiled as a module. I suppose that this means that this is not a bug.
Well, I'd really like to know what kinda Apple you're using, because its not a visible bug for me (WORKSFORME)