Re: Mouse no longer working after kernel upgrade

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

DePriest, Jason R. wrote:

> I have a Compaq ProLiant 1600 that was running the stock 3.0r1 kernel
> (2.2.20-idepci).
> I upgraded it via apt-get to 2.4.21-5-686-smp.
>
> While using 2.2.20-idepci, the mouse worked fine in X (using icewm).
>
> Since upgrading to 2.4.21-5-686-smp, the mouse no longer works.  I have
> tried two different PS/2 mice and a serial mouse.
>
> I have ran 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86' about 50 times.
>
> I ran 'modconf' and made sure the PS/2 input device module was loaded.
>
> There is no error.  As a matter of fact, the mouse ~pointer~ is there in
> the middle of the screen... it just doesn't move.
>
> If I use the LILO menu to boot back into the old kernel, the mouse works
> again.
>  
What type of mouse and what location are you telling "dpkg-reconfigure"?

Are you running gpm? If so, does the mouse work in console? If not, you 
might try installing gpm just as a test and see if the mouse works in 
console, then uninstall gpm so it doesn't interfere with X (or 
reconfigure X and gpm to work together).

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Kent