This blog started out as an install log of RedHat 9 on a Compaq Presario 2538cl laptop (linuxpresario.blogspot.com) . However, I soon started to include little logs to myself when I made configuration changes to software, etc. So, I've moved it over to our domain, and changed its name to Linux Log. Here you will find some tips & tricks related to Linux configuration on a laptop, as well as software related things that I run into. I log here things that worked for me, of course, your mileage may vary.

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USB Hotplug

October 23, 2003

I've noticed that a software resume causes my USB mouse to stop functioning. This is because /etc/hotplug/usb.agent cannot effectively start the drivers required by the mouse when it's plugged into the usb port. Mmmm, annoying, since I rely on the mouse pretty heavily for work. Until I've resolved this, software suspend becomes pretty much useless to me...

[2003-10-29] RESOLVED. Turns out that this problem dissapears if I use the uhci module instead of usb-uhci. The uhci is the alternative host controller driver that one can compile in the kernel. Now it works well! You can download my current 2.4.22swsusp kernel configuration file here.
To make sure that /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit loads the appropriate driver, I needed to change the file /etc/modules.conf:

WAS: alias usb-controller1 usb-uhci
NOW: alias usb-controller1 uhci