Re: Mouse no longer working after kernel upgrade
On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 18:10:16 -0500,
"DePriest, Jason R." <jrdepriest@ftb.com> wrote in message
<[🔎] 03C99898510C8C47945B932907D99AAA16EF61@E2KMEMMCS1.ftbco.ftn.com>:
> 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.
..good. Use that to verify gpm works in the console, then have X use
/dev/gpmdata. The cute thing is you no longer have to restart X on
re-plugging your rodents.
..with your new kernel and X reading /dev/gpmdata instead of some
weird /dev/pissedoffaux, the problem reduces to get gpm working.
..you _could_ have gpm fighting X over the mouse, stalling it now.
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