Re: (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/mice: No Such Device
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:54:00 -0700
Ed Young <eddythejekyll@gmail.com> wrote:
> I can't get X to start because apparently because the mouse device can't
> be found, though the device directory entry seems to be there:
> Falcon:/etc/X11# ls -la /dev/input/mice
could it be that your mouse is not at /dev/input/mice? might be at /dev/psaux or elsewhere? if you still have your working ubuntu setup, check out its /dev/input/mice, it might point somewhere else.
A
> crw-rw---- 1 root root 13, 63 2005-02-25 23:43 /dev/input/mice
>
> The Mouse is a standard PS/2.
>
> I'm running a new install of Debian Linux 3.1r1
>
> I have been able to install Ubuntu Linux and get X to work with no
> problems. I even tried importing the XF86Config-4 file from the Ubuntu
> install to the Debian install but with no luck.
>
> I can't understand why I can't get X to configure correctly under
> Debian. I've been frustrated with this error for quite awhile now and
> really need some help.
>
> cat /var/log/XFree86.0.log returns:
> ...
> (II) Loading sub module "int10"
> (II) LoadModule: "int10"
> (II) Reloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libint10.a
> (II) VESA(0): initializing int10
> (II) VESA(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000
> (II) VESA(0): VESA BIOS detected
> (II) VESA(0): VESA VBE Version 3.0
> (II) VESA(0): VESA VBE Total Mem: 8192 kB
> (II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM: VIA CLE266
>
> (II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM Software Rev: 0.0
> (II) VESA(0): virtual address = 0x4028b000,
> physical address = 0xd8000000, size = 8388608
> (II) VESA(0): VBESetVBEMode failed...Tried again without customized
> values.
> (==) VESA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
> (==) VESA(0): Backing store disabled
> (**) Option "dpms"
> (**) VESA(0): DPMS enabled
> (==) RandR enabled
> (II) Setting vga for screen 0.
> (II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
> (II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
> (II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
> (II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
> (II) Initializing built-in extension LBX
> (II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
> (II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
> (II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
> (II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
> (II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
> (II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
> (II) Keyboard "Generic Keyboard" handled by legacy driver
> (**) Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
> (**) Configured Mouse: Protocol: "ImPS/2"
> (**) Option "CorePointer"
> (**) Configured Mouse: Core Pointer
> (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/mice
> No such device.
> (EE) Configured Mouse: cannot open input device
> (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Configured Mouse"
> (II) UnloadModule: "mouse"
> (WW) No core pointer registered
> No core pointer
>
> Fatal server error:
> failed to initialize core devices
>
> Here is the relevant (I think) section of the XF86Config-4 file:
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Configured Mouse"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "CorePointer"
> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> EndSection
>
> Thanks in Advance.
>
> Ed
>
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