On Thu, 2003-05-29 at 13:06, Sara wrote: > Hi! > > I´m running a debian unstable since two weeks ago, and > it was perfect till I start messing around and now > mouse doesn´t work. I don´t know if it´s related with > what I did or not: I changed some links in the rx*.d Hi, the rcX.d directories are the 'runlevel' scripts. These files are symbolic links to 'actual' scripts in /etc/init.d It is rare that one would need to alter these. > files, in order to start X directly at init (I think I If you want to run X directly (with your default login manager) you just tell linix to start at runlevel 5. That can be done by edit the /etc/inittab script. # The default runlevel. id:5:initdefault: will fix it. > just did that with xdm, kdm or xsession links, not > changing anything more) and I tried to patch the > kernel in order to get ACPI working. I didn´t succeed > in any of the two, but shortly before all that the > mouse stopped working. An improperly configured kernel may be the issue. I'm not an expert on kernel issues though. > > I've tried with another mouse and nothing. I boot from > a Knoppix CD and mouse works without problems. I´ve > compared the section regardind the mouse in the > Xconfig86-4 file that comes with Knoppix ant the one > in my system and they are exact copies. So, why does > work in one and not in the other? This may be due to the kernel thing. > > I don´t know where to look. I did a "apropos mouse" > and found a test-configuration mouse program. I ran it > and it didn´t detect my mouse either. mouseconfig Was that it? > > Do you think it can have anything to do with whith the > rc*.d files or the patch for the kernel? How can I try > to solve this? I wouldn´t like reinstalling my system > all over again. > > > Kind regards, > > Sara > > ___________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Messenger - Nueva versión GRATIS > Super Webcam, voz, caritas animadas, y más... > http://messenger.yahoo.es Hope this help (HTH) -K -- Kevin Mark <kmark@pipeline.com>
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