Re: Cannot run X - missing /dev/mouse

["Andrew Pierce" <amp@foomonkey.com>]

I am still not getting a mouse in X. I tried this:

cat /dev/mouse

moved the mouse around, and got garbage characters on the screen. This
means the mouse driver is loaded and working doesn't it?

Why won't it work in X?

In /var/log/XFree86.0.log, I am still getting the message:

"Cannot determine the mouse protocol"

Thanks again.

Andrew


> Hmmm,  two things...
>
> Check to make sure you have support in the kernel for the mouse (or the
> kernel modules for ps/2 mouse loaded).
>
> Also check if gpm is running 'ps ax | grep gpm'.  If it is, do a
> '/etc/init.d/gpm stop' and try X again (/etc/init.d/gpm start to restart
>  it).  If that does the trick, you might want to remove gpm.
>
> Ken
>
>
> Andrew Pierce wrote:
>
>>Thanks for the reply. However, it did not fix me. I created the sym
>> link to /dev/psaux and retested by typing:
>>
>>XFree86 -xf86config /root/XF86Config.new
>>
>>and I am still getting an error with my mouse. XF86Config.new has this
>> section:
>>
>>Section "InputDevice"
>>        Identifier  "Mouse0"
>>        Driver      "mouse"
>>        Option      "Protocol" "auto"
>>        Option      "Device" "/dev/mouse"
>>EndSection
>>
>>
>>Now the error I get is:
>>
>>(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse0" (type: MOUSE)
>>(EE) Mouse0: Cannot determine the mouse protocol
>>
>>Thanks again for any help.
>>
>>Andrew
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>Type in 'ln -s /dev/psaux /dev/mouse'.  That'll create a symlink
>>> called /dev/mouse that will point to /dev/psaux (Your PS/2 mouse).
>>>
>>>Ken
>>>
>>>
>>>Andrew Pierce wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>I am having trouble running X. I just installed Woody r1 and I do not
>>>> have a /dev/mouse which is what X is looking for.
>>>>
>>>>I do not understand why /dev/mouse is missing and how I should go
>>>> about creating it.
>>>>
>>>>BTW, I have a Microsoft Wheel Mouse, P2/2 interface.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks in advance.
>>>>
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