PS/2 mouse problems with kernel 2.4.x
Hi all,
im running woody/sid and did an update yesterday, since then I cant get
my mouse to work with a 2.4.x kernel anymore. Its a PS/2 mouse that works
fine with kernel 2.2.19 (console and X) but with a 2.4.x kernel I cant
start gpm (no error message but ps ax shows no gpm process, oops in syslog
see below) nor can I use the mouse in X without gpm, which worked before
by changing /dev/gpmdata to /dev/psaux in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.
cat /dev/psaux gives me "device not found" although I created it new
using mknod /dev/psaux c 10 1 (and works with 2.2.19). The PS/2 port
doesnt get recognized by the 2.4.x kernel (tried 2.4.8, 2.4.9 and
2.4.10) although psaux support is enabled (.config see below). I
downgraded gpm to the potato version but that didnt change anything.
Excerpts from the relevant files:
XF86Config-4:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/gpmdata"
EndSection
/etc/gpm.conf:
device=/dev/psaux
responsiveness=
repeat_type=raw
type=ps2
append=""
sample_rate=
/proc/interrupts 2.2.19:
CPU0
0: 14127 XT-PIC timer
1: 346 XT-PIC keyboard
2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
8: 1 XT-PIC rtc
9: 4060 XT-PIC aic7xxx, eth0
12: 205 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse
13: 1 XT-PIC fpu
NMI: 0
ERR: 0
/proc/interrupts 2.4.10:
CPU0
0: 192839 XT-PIC timer
1: 12475 XT-PIC keyboard
2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
5: 2 XT-PIC soundblaster
9: 9469 XT-PIC aic7xxx, eth0
NMI: 0
ERR: 0
/proc/misc 2.2.19:
135 rtc
1 psaux
/proc/misc 2.4.10:
175 agpgart
134 apm_bios
from /var/log/syslog 2.2.19:
Oct 7 02:58:27 kaleunpc kernel: Detected PS/2 Mouse Port.
from /var/log/syslog 2.4.10:
Oct 7 02:12:36 kaleunpc /usr/sbin/gpm[183]: oops() invoked from gpm.c(972)
Oct 7 02:12:36 kaleunpc /usr/sbin/gpm[183]: /dev/psaux: No such device
ls -la /dev/psaux
crw-r--r-- 1 root root 10, 1 Oct 7 02:18 /dev/psaux
ls -la /dev/mouse
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Oct 7 02:50 /dev/mouse -> gpmdata
/usr/src/linux/.config:
# Mice
#
# CONFIG_BUSMOUSE is not set
CONFIG_MOUSE=y
CONFIG_PSMOUSE=m
# CONFIG_82C710_MOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_PC110_PAD is not set
Im getting really desperated on this one, so any help would be greatly
appreciated.
Cheers
Torsten
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