Re: XFree suddenly cannot open /dev/psaux
Hello
Hendrik Boom (<hendrik@pooq.com>) wrote:
> Sudden trouble with X. I don't know what I might have done, but is
> was all working yesterday. I did try to configure ALSA (without any
> apparent success) but that shouldn't have messed up X, should it? I
> looks as if it can no longer open /dev/psaux, and it refuses to start
> up without its mouse.
Do you use Kernel 2.6? Make sure the psmouse driver is present:
modprobe psmouse
echo psmouse >> /etc/modules
> I've tried minor changes in the mouse config, using dpkg-reconfigure,
> but to no avail.
If you use Kernel 2.6, select /dev/input/mice as your mouse device, even
if it is a PS/2 mouse.
> The significant lines from the /var/log/XFree86.0.log would appear to
> be [...]
Significant? That would have been the last 20 lines, not 1000 lines.
best regards
Andreas Janssen
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