Re: no mouse under 2.6.8 kernel

[Dennis Stosberg <lists@stosberg.net>]

Am Montag, 9. Mai 2005 21:17 schrieb jroed@mts.net:

> i tried modprobe mousedev.  That did create the /dev/psaux
> and /dev/input/mice. But neither of them work.  It allows me to
> start X, but the mouse won't move.

You need mousedev for the generic mouse support and a second module 
specific to your mouse. For example "psmouse" for PS/2, "sermouse" 
for serial mice, or "usbhid" for USB mice. 

You can put the names of the modules you need into /etc/modules to 
have them loaded when the system boots.

Regards,
Dennis

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