Bug#304028: kernel-image-2.6.8-2-generic: No Mouse

[maximilian attems <debian@sternwelten.at>]

tags 304028 moreinfo
thanks

On Sun, 10 Apr 2005, Florian Hars wrote:

> Package: kernel-image-2.6.8-2-generic
> Version: 2.6.8-7
> Severity: important
> 
> If I boot into 2.6.8-2, I have no mouse. Compare:
> 
> Linux alpha 2.4.27-2-generic #1 Tue Feb 15 01:56:26 UTC 2005 alpha
> GNU/Linux
>   1:        900          XT-PIC   keyboard
>   2:          0          XT-PIC   cascade
>   7:          1          XT-PIC   soundblaster
>   8:     379217             RTC  +timer
>  12:       2091          XT-PIC   PS/2 Mouse
>  14:      13647          XT-PIC  +ide0
>  15:         16          XT-PIC  +ide1
>  18:          0           PYXIS   halt-switch
>  22:          0           PYXIS   timer-cascade
>  23:          0           PYXIS   isa-cascade
>  24:         36           PYXIS   eth0
> ERR:          0
> Linux alpha 2.6.8-2-generic #1 Tue Jan 25 21:48:47 UTC 2005 alpha
> GNU/Linux
>   1:         12          XT-PIC   i8042
>   2:          0          XT-PIC   cascade
>   4:        538          XT-PIC   serial
>   8:     141737             RTC  +timer
>  14:       4143          XT-PIC  +ide0
>  15:        219          XT-PIC  +ide1
>  18:          0           PYXIS   halt-switch
>  22:          0           PYXIS   timer-cascade
>  23:          0           PYXIS   isa-cascade
>  24:         37           PYXIS   eth0
>  27:      16647           PYXIS   qla1280
> ERR:          0
 
well that most likely has to do with not loading
the correpsoning kernel modules.
i presume that you are not using hotplug/discover.

please try to modprobe `mousedev' and `psmouse'.
if it works add them to /etc/modules.
on 2.6 /proc/bus/input/devices is your friend,
please post it's content if it still doesn't work.
also you might want to refert to that input faq:
http://lwn.net/Articles/69107/

thanks for your feedback
maks

ps out of personal curiousity could you post
/proc/cpuinfo?