on Wed, Mar 06, 2002, Jan H. van Gils (JanVG@Knoware.NL) wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for reading message.
>
> After installing my Laptop (Dell Inspiron 3200) with Debian Woody
> I am not able to use my /dev/psaux (PS/2 mouse).
>
> The system was running NetBSD this morning and de mouse was
> functioning with no problems. (The NetBSD was a XFree 4.1.x)
> To be shore a swapped the mouse with a different one and had
> the same problem.
>
> Here is a cat from /proc/misc
> 63 irda
> 135 rtc
> 1 psaux
>
> Here is one from /proc/interrupts
> CPU0
> 0: 11638 XT-PIC timer
> 1: 6 XT-PIC keyboard
> 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
> 3: 315 XT-PIC serial
> 8: 3 XT-PIC rtc
> 9: 175 XT-PIC 3c574_cs
> 11: 4 XT-PIC i82365
> 13: 1 XT-PIC fpu
> 14: 71053 XT-PIC ide0
> 15: 10 XT-PIC ide1
> NMI: 0
>
> I am not running gpm and here is a part of /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Configured Mouse"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "CorePointer"
> Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
> Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> EndSection
>
> Are there any known issues with the PS/2 mouse and Woody ?
* Do you have mouse support compiled in or installed if compiled as a
module? Look at /proc/modules or check dmesg output for "Detected
PS/2 Mouse Port".
* Is the device file properly created, and not just a regular text
file created named psaux. Device files are actually based on the
major and minor node values, not the name of the file, and if
improperly configured won't work. "$ MAKEDEV <device file>" will
create the file properly.
* Have you tried reading raw output from /dev/psaux? As root:
$ cat /dev/psaux
< wiggle mouse, click buttons >
<ctrl>-C to quit
...you should see garbage on your screen. Nothing there indicates a
problem, I'd check the above two issues.
Peace.
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