Re: X Strangeness with mouse after new install
--- Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> wrote:
> Artimus Dink wrote:
> > (**) Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
> > (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/psaux
> > No such device.
> > (EE) Configured Mouse: cannot open input device
> > (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Configured
> Mouse"
> > [...]
> > (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> > (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device
> > /dev/input/mice
> > No such device.
>
> Hmm...
>
> > If I try 'startx' again, I get this...
>
> That seems really bizarre to me. I am sure most
> people are not seeing
> such strange stuff.
>
> > someone suggested adding mousedev and pmouse to
> > /etc/modules. If I do this, X starts on the first
> > try, but the mouse doesn't work at all.
>
> That seems reasonable. I usually have those on
> woody machines. Sarge
> has both hotplug and discover and one of those loads
> those drivers for
> me at system boot time.
>
> > I looked at /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and found that I
> > have entries for "Configured Mouse" at
> "/dev/psaux"
> > and "Generic Mouse" at "/dev/input/mice". This
> struck
> > me as a bit odd, but I have an x86 machine running
> > Debian Sarge... its XF86Config-4 is set up the
> same
> > way and X has always worked flawlessly.
>
> That looks normal for me. That is how you can have
> both a (im)ps2
> mouse and a usb mouse at the same time.
>
> > Can someone tell me what's going on? I've run
> Fedora
>
> Not a clue. But is your mouse outputing
> information? Try this. When
> you move the mouse you should see some data from the
> device. Break
> out of it to stop it.
>
> sudo od -tx1 /dev/psaux
>
> If you have mousedev loaded then the /dev/input/mice
> should work too.
>
> sudo od -tx1 /dev/input/mice
>
> If you don't see anything then there is no way that
> X11 will see
> anything either.
>
> Bob
>
>
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