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Re: where'd my mouse go?



On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 01:57:19AM -0500, sean finney wrote:
> hey -user,
> 
> so i just upgraded my laptop's kernel, threw in devfs, apt-got devfsd, and
> booted back up with minimal hassle[1].  everything is completely
> functional and happy, with the exception of my touchpad mouse.  the
> device /dev/psaux no longer exists.  what i do have is
> 
> /dev/mouse -> /dev/gpmdata
> /dev/usbmouse -> /dev/input/mouse
> 
> i messed around with various things (/etc/devfsd/*, update-devfsd) but
> to no avail.  this is very strange because on my desktop which has an
> almost identical setup (unstable, devfs, 2.4.20), i do have /dev/psaux,
> which is a symlink to /dev/misc/psaux.

Stupid question: did you include PS/2 mouse support in your kernel?
Have you loaded it?  No related device nodes will show up until you do.

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Rob Weir <rweir@ertius.org>				http://ertius.org/

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