It works now. Does anyone understand what'w really going on?

[Hendrik Boom <hendrik@pooq.com>]

On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 11:51:28PM +0200, Eddy wrote:
> Hendrik Boom a ?crit :
> 
> > 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.
> 
> This looks like a problem I had a few days ago.
> 
> I installed alsa and when I booted the next day (this desktop is
> shutdown at night), I couldn't start the X server anymore.
> 
> What happened I can't figure out but the psmouse module wasn't loaded.
> 
> Try 
>         modprobe psmouse
>         and restart X
> 
> and if it works, consider adding "psmouse" to /etc/modules.

Thanks.  This worked.  I wonder why.

Does anyone know why configuring ALSA should diable the mouse?

Is the failure to have psmouse in /etc/modules a failure of the new
installer, or a failure of the X configurator?

-- hendrik