Re: Acecad USB Tablet: usbmouse takeover and odd motion

["Giuseppe Bilotta" <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com>]

On 4/20/07, Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 06:09:55PM +0200, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:
> > On 4/20/07, Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >On 4/20/07, Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Sorry, it seems I was wrong, it's not usbhid but usbmouse taking over.
> > >> After a fresh plug (e.g. at bootup) I get the following:
> > >>
> > >
> > >Well, the question is - why do you have usbmouse module on your system?
> >
> > Stock Debian kernel 2.6.18 comes with it.
> >
> > With my custom kernels I can probably skip compiling it at all, if you
> > so suggest; should I blacklist it for the distro kernel? Or is there a
> > chance that some random USB mouse plugged in would fail to function by
> > doing so?
>
> usbmouse and usbkbd are only intended for embedded systems where the
> full usbhid doesn't fit and for testing purposes: Normal distros
> shouldn't have them enabled.

Oh, I see. I'll blacklist those modules, maybe also issue a ticket on
the Debian BTS.

Thanks all.

-- 
Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta