mouse troubles with Debian on Dell Latitude CPx J650GT

[mmiller3@iupui.edu (Michael A. Miller)]

I've recently installed Debian (stable) onto a Dell CPx J650GT
laptop.  After installing the base system and the required
packages, I added the SVGA and Mach64 xservers and the
depended-upon packages.  startx works in that I get a screen with
an xterm in it, but I cannot move my pointer with the touch pad,
the pointing stick, or an externally attached ps/2 mouse.  This
is using the PS/2 protocol and /dev/mouse in my XF86Config file.
If I switch to /dev/psaux, the pointer zooms off screen as soon
as I touch the touch pad or mouse.  Any suggestions on how to
trouble shoot this?  Gpm seems to work fine on the console.

Mike

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Michael A. Miller                      mmiller3@iupui.edu
  Krannert Institute of Cardiology, IU School of Medicine
  Indiana Center for Vascular Biology and Medicine