Re: xorg config-problem -- no mouse (on laptop with synaptics touchpad)

[Søren Christensen <severino@ulvedalen.dk>]

On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 12:08:58PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> Søren Christensen wrote:
> >On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 10:44:00AM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> >
> >>Quite possibly you can fix this by finding the new device node of your
> >>touchpad and putting that into your xorg.conf. The device node is
> >>probably in the /dev/input directory, for example /dev/input/mouse0. A
> >>quick way to try it is to become root and run
> >>
> >>cat /dev/input/mouse0 | hd
> >>
> >>or
> >>
> >>cat /dev/input/mouse1 | hd
> >>
> >>etc.
> >>
> >
> >
> >in /dev/input/ I find 13 files:
> >event[0-3]
> >js[0-3]
> >mice
> >mouse[0-3]
> >
> >I get the same message, with each file: no such device
> 
> That might indicate a problem with udev: If the device is there it
> should be possible to read from it. (If you pick the wrong device you
> should simply get no output when you move your fingers across the
> touchpad, but you should not get this error.)
> 
> If I remember correctly the upgrade from Sarge to Etch takes you from an
> old version of udev which still depends on hotplug to a newer version of
> udev which includes the hotplug functionality and hence conflicts with
> the hotplug package. This will lead to the removal of hotplug, and
> problems can arise if its configuration files remain in place. Check the
> status of udev and hotplug on your system:
> 
> dpkg -l udev
> dpkg -l hotplug
> 
> Maybe that will give us a clue where things go wrong.
> 

Here is output from dpkg -l udev (with a danish locale):
Ønsket=Ukendt/Installér/Afinstallér/Udrens/Tilbagehold
| Status=Ikke/Installeret/Opsæt.-files/Upakket/Opsætn.-fejl/Halvt-inst.
|/ Fjl?=(ingen)/Tilbageholdt/Geninst.-krævet/X=begge-dele (Status,Fjl: versaler=slemt)
||/ Navn           Version        Beskrivelse
+++-==============-==============-============================================
rc  udev           0.056-3        /dev/ management daemon

Here is output from dpkg -l hotplug:
Ønsket=Ukendt/Installér/Afinstallér/Udrens/Tilbagehold
| Status=Ikke/Installeret/Opsæt.-files/Upakket/Opsætn.-fejl/Halvt-inst.
|/ Fjl?=(ingen)/Tilbageholdt/Geninst.-krævet/X=begge-dele (Status,Fjl: versaler=slemt)
||/ Navn           Version         Beskrivelse
+++-==============-===============-============================================
rc  hotplug        0.0.20040329-22 Linux Hotplug Scripts

/severino