Re: X and mouse

["Susan G. Kleinmann" <sgk@sgk.tiac.net>]

Hi --

You said:
> I too am having trouble with X and my mouse.  No matter what I try for the
> mouse device, the X servr fails with the message "Cannot open mouse (no such
> device)".  How to I tell what device my mouse is?  During boot the BIOS just
> says "Mouse recognized", and the kernel says nothing.
> 
> I have a Microsoft PS/2 mouse.  I used to run Slackware, and it worked fine.
> Now I'm using Debian-1.1.  I found some links in /dev:  msmouse->inportbm,
> psmouse->psaux, and I tried them, as well as making /dev/mouse point to them.
> Nothing helped.

If you have a Microsoft PS/2 mouse (6-pin connector) then 
-- /dev/mouse should point to /dev/psmouse.
-- you should have these lines in /etc/X11/XF86Config (in Section "Pointer"):
	Protocol	"PS/2"
	Device		"/dev/psmouse"
-- you should be using one of the special kernels in
	buzz-fixed/disks-i386/special-kernels
   They all support bus mice as modules.

Good luck,
Susan Kleinmann