Re: USB mouse issue on PCG-GRV616
Christian Habich <[email protected]>
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... cool bananas! Everything works perfectly now! Thanks a million Christian --On Monday, May 26, 2003 12:14:50 PM +1000 George Fong <[email protected]> wrote: > I think that you will find that Andy Grimberg's pre-compiled kernel will > answer all of the issues of acpi. You can find the information and files > at either: > > http://www.bardicgrove.org/~tykeal/distributables/ > > or preferably at a mirror site at: > > http://mirror.insue.com > > Cheers > George > > On Mon, 26 May 2003 08:17 am, John Andersen wrote: >> On Saturday 24 May 2003 11:40 pm, Christian Habich wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I'm running RH9 out of the box on this notebook and everything is >> > running quite smoothly except the following issues: >> > >> > ACPI is not working (because RH uses APM by default) >> > 2nd PCMCIA Slot is not working >> > >> > >> > Does anybody have an idea? This issue is driving me crazy!! >> >> With the modern Sony machines ACPI is not a choice, its a >> requirement. You will find all sorts of thing start working >> automatically once you get a properly configured acpi. Most of these >> items >> end up sharing a single interrupt which is what acpi will manage >> for you. >> >> Usb, modem, sound, memstick and firewire will all work together >> once you get acpi properly configured. >> >> The fact that you can get one or two of these working with only >> apm is not unexpected, but, as you noticed, it is flaky. >> >> I believe the mouse may be related to an Xfree issue, with >> acpi it may show up somewhere else than where you are >> expecting it, such as /dev/mice /dev/pointerX or some such. > > -- > George Fong > Hunter Page Developments Pty Ltd > Tel: +61 3 53 302 880 > Fax: +61 3 53 302 881 > Just remember ....... wherever you go, there you are. > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-sony mailing list: [email protected] > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://returntonature.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-sony Linux-Sony > Documentation: http://returntonature.com/linux/phpwiki