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Date:	Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:40:18 +0200
From:	"Giuseppe Bilotta" <giuseppe.bilotta@...il.com>
To:	"Vojtech Pavlik" <vojtech@...e.cz>
Cc:	"Dmitry Torokhov" <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	"Jiri Kosina" <jkosina@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	edouard.tisserant@...adoo.fr
Subject: Re: Acecad USB Tablet: usbmouse takeover and odd motion

On 4/20/07, Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@...e.cz> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 06:09:55PM +0200, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:
> > On 4/20/07, Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com> wrote:
> > >On 4/20/07, Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@...il.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
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