Re: X can't find the mouse! - Solved
I had this same problem when I installed xdm after not selecting it
during initial install. The way I was able to get around it was to first
do gpm -k, start X, then re-run gpm. After that I was able to change my
XConfig file to allow use of a 3 button mouse. The problem for me seemed
to come from installing xdm and something it did to config files. :) I
could never get Storm installed properly..
On Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 08:56:09AM -0700 124, Trevor Ramoutar <ramoutar@home.com> wrote:
> Okay, I tried running XF86Config, I selected the correct protocol for my
> mouse and it still didn't work. So I just broke down and installed Storm.
> . .everything works fine now. But I kinda feel like I cheated. . .
>
> At 09:48 AM 8/18/00 +0200, Morten Liebach wrote:
> >On 17, aug, 2000 at 09:30:28 -0700, Trevor Ramoutar wrote:
> > > So I installed Debian 2.2. Everything went well but after the
> > installation
> > > I'm at the prompt and I type in startx and I get:
> > >
> > > Fatal Server Error:
> > > Cannot open mouse (no such file or directory)
> > >
> > > and I don't know what to do! Help!
> >
> >Hi Trevor.
> >
> >What does the "Pointer" section of you /etc/X11/XF86Config say?
> >What make and model of mouse do you have, and to which port is it
> >connected?
> >What's the permissions for the relevant mouse devices?
> >Do you have ``gpm'' installed and configured?
> >
> >Hope these questions help you find the bug, and if you can't make it
> >work with this please feel free to post the answers to to the above
> >questions to this esteemed list, and I (and probably others) will try
> >to help! ;-)
> >
> >HTH
> >HAND
> > Morten
> >
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