Problem with USB mouse, how can I make Fedora forget it?

[joe.pelayo]

Hello everybody.

I have a rather odd problem with Fedora 7. Yesterday I made a fresh installation in my laptop, it was plugged to the AC power and had a USB mouse (Targus) connected to it (I prefer it above the Touch pad).

Almost everything seems to be alright with the installation, there are just some weird problems with USB Flash keys (they no longer automount, in this thread I discuss it: http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/sho...d.php?t=160556 ), but there is another problem.

If I boot the machine in Fedora 7 WITHOUT the USB mouse connected it won't boot, no matter what I do to it, besides if I unplug the mouse and power it off then the shut down process stops (it would only continue if I keep pressing Enter for each line). It seems as if Fedora remembers that I had that mouse connected during installation. Is there a way to make it forget the mouse so it don't requires it to boot?

I tried with it in battery mode and yes, it boots ONLY with mouse plugged in.

Thanks.
Joe.

[metalworm]

Hi there, try: delete /etc/sysconfig/firstboot and restart the PC again. Hope it helps. Also make sure that firstboot service is checked before restarting PC.

[joe.pelayo]

Hi there, try: delete /etc/sysconfig/firstboot and restart the PC again. Hope it helps. Also make sure that firstboot service is checked before restarting PC.

I did both things that it still don't want to boot (unless I connect the mouse). It just stays in the "Red Hat nash version..." line.

It seems that the easiest way to fix that would be reinstalling without mouse.

I must also add that this is my Fedora's first installation using ext3 (which by the way is reported at boot up as ext2fs, is that normal?), with SELinux permissive.

Any other idea?

Thanks.
Joe.

[metalworm]

(which by the way is reported at boot up as ext2fs, is that normal?),

Yes, this is normal.

Did you try to look at the log files? Boot with usb mouse and see logs to figure out what's problem with previous boot wich is without usb mouse.

[joe.pelayo]

Yes, this is normal.

Did you try to look at the log files? Boot with usb mouse and see logs to figure out what's problem with previous boot wich is without usb mouse.

Forgive my ignorance but, which logs do I need to check? I am gonna check xorg.conf too, just in case.

Thanks.
Joe.

[metalworm]

Try with this: /var/log/messages.log.*

You can combine with some command to make it easy such as

cat messages.log | grep USB
or cat messages.log | grep error

such like that.

If nothing output, try with full log by your eyes.

[joe.pelayo]

Try with this: /var/log/messages.log.*

You can combine with some command to make it easy such as

cat messages.log | grep USB
or cat messages.log | grep error

such like that.

If nothing output, try with full log by your eyes.

I have briefly read them but found nothing, I think the logger is not even started when the problem occurs (or I haven't read carefully enough, right now the machine is off because I want to wait some minutes).

Playing with the mice (the touch pad and the USB) I found that I can resume the booting by clicking with the touch pad (I have to keep clicking almost during the whole process). Furthermore I found that if I remove the USB mouse (if I started the machine with it) then the process would freeze again.

I don't know why but I think udev is responsible for all this mess.

Thanks for your help.
Joe.

[joe.pelayo]

Well, the only 'odd' thing I find in the log messages are related to isapnp, however that does not help me much. On the other hand I am starting to believe xorg.conf has nothing to do because it is mostly the same as my previous working one.

Thanks.
Joe.

[joe.pelayo]

I 'briefly' solved the problem by adding the nolapic boot parameter to the kernel. That way Fedora 7 booted by itself (a little bit more slow), and shot down without no issue. However by doing this I did not have USB support at all! That was a very high price to pay so removed the extra parameter.

Tomorrow I will keep trying to fix this, if not I can always reinstall without the mouse.

Thanks.
Joe.

[metalworm]

Well, sorry not to help you much. If there will not a problem for you, I suggest you reinstall F7. This is not a good choice, but if we have no solution, it may help.

[joe.pelayo]

Well, sorry not to help you much. If there will not a problem for you, I suggest you reinstall F7. This is not a good choice, but if we have no solution, it may help.

I would rather fix this in a more civilized way but reinstalling seems the best choice. I'll do it soon, before I customize to much the system.

Thanks for your help anyway.
Joe.

[joe.pelayo]

Well, the problem is now 'gone': I have formatted the partition and will install F7 again in few minutes.

Thanks.
Joe.

[joe.pelayo]

The problem is more serious than I thought at first glance. I have noticed that neither the Fedora 7 LiveCD can boot properly when the USB mouse is unplugged, nor the regular DVD install disk. It is remarkable though that Fedora Core 6 install disk works like a charm so this is related to Fedora 7 itself.

I have tried several boot parameters for the kernel and only the noprobe seems to do something (at least the regular Fedora 7 install DVD boots fine), however I have to manually select my chipset (it uses ati_ixp or something like that). I'll post a new thread with more details soon if a BIOS update does not fix the problem.

Thanks.
Joe.

[metalworm]

You mean the problem is from the F7 itself? It is weird because I have no problem when installing F7. After you reinstalled F7, the USB mouse problem still appears? By the way, the USB mouse problem happened when you used which kernel version?