Dan R. Hunt wrote:
I installed Sarge on a HP Evectra. http://images.google.ca/images?q=evectra When I did this I used a Logitech USB / Optical Wheel Mouse. Took the little fellow downstairs and changed the mouse to a Logitech two button serial mouse, D-shaped 9 pin. Been running: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 to no avail. Cannot get X to start again.
Check log file /var/log/XFree86.0.log to sure the mouse is your only problem, then edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and replace the USB mouse device (probably /dev/input/mice) with /dev/ttyS0 or whichever serial port you plugged into, and change the protocol to MouseMan if necessary.