mouse and keyboard ps/2 with usb adapter doesn't work, hp pavillion

reboot and have the usb device not attached

then run this commands:

lsmod > ~/before.txt

then connect the usb device, wait 10 seconds and then run this command:

lsmod > ~/after.txt; dmesg | tail -15 >> ~/after.txt; gedit ~/before.txt &; gedit ~/after.txt &

You can now compare and read the modules probed as well as read the last kernel messages to see whats going on.

This may help diagnose

Thanks! The last messages of after say:
[ 210.696120] usb 5-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
[ 210.867973] usb 5-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 210.963968] input: Generic USB K/B as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb5/5-1/5-1:1.0/input/input12
[ 210.976234] dell 0003:13BA:0017.0002: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Generic USB K/B] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1/input0
[ 210.995893] input: Generic USB K/B as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb5/5-1/5-1:1.1/input/input13
[ 211.017450] dell 0003:13BA:0017.0003: input,hidraw2: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Generic USB K/B] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1/input1

Thanks! The last messages of after say:

[ 210.696120] usb 5-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
[ 210.867973] usb 5-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 210.963968] input: Generic USB K/B as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb5/5-1/5-1:1.0/input/input12
[ 210.976234] dell 0003:13BA:0017.0002: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Generic USB K/B] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1/input0
[ 210.995893] input: Generic USB K/B as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb5/5-1/5-1:1.1/input/input13
[ 211.017450] dell 0003:13BA:0017.0003: input,hidraw2: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Generic USB K/B] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1/input1

Thanks! The last messages of after.txt say:

[ 210.696120] usb 5-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
[ 210.867973] usb 5-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 210.963968] input: Generic USB K/B as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb5/5-1/5-1:1.0/input/input12
[ 210.976234] dell 0003:13BA:0017.0002: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Generic USB K/B] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1/input0
[ 210.995893] input: Generic USB K/B as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb5/5-1/5-1:1.1/input/input13
[ 211.017450] dell 0003:13BA:0017.0003: input,hidraw2: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Generic USB K/B] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1/input1

Is it possible to upload the files to this thread? Sorry about the repeats.

I dont know if it is important but after.txt has this line too:
hid_dell 10112 0

For files you can use tinypic, imageshack, photobucket etc to host them

Looks like both are detected.

Do you have xserver-xorg-input-evdev installed? You can check with:

dpkg -l | grep input-evdev

http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/x11/xserver-xorg-input-evdev

If you don't, install it. It is part of a default install but it may be missing from yours. You could also try:

sudo apt-get --reinstall install xserver-xorg-input-evdev

Just to cover all bases