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

[Joe <joe@jretrading.com>]

Søren Christensen wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 09:00:52AM +0200, Søren Christensen wrote:
> > I just made an dist-upgrade from Sarge to Etch. I switched from XFree86
> > to Xorg, but it will not start.
> >
> > here is a part of the Xorg.log
> [...]
> > (EE) Configured Mouse: cannot open input device
> > (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Configured Mouse"
> > (II) UnloadModule: "mouse"
> > (II) Synaptics touchpad driver version 0.14.4 (1404)
> > Synaptics Touchpad no synaptics event device found (checked 14 nodes)
>                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > Synaptics Touchpad The evdev kernel module seems to be missing
>                         ^^^^^^^^
> > (**) Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
> > (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/psaux
> > 	No such device.
> > Synaptics driver unable to open device
> > (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Synaptics Touchpad"
>
> I just reread the error-message. I've been trying to get output from the
> synaptics device -- no success.
>
> The above mentioned evdev kernel module seems to be missing. How can I
> fix that?

Did you do the upgrade from apt or Synaptic? I did this three months ago
and had the same kind of problem, and of course now I have no idea how
I fixed it. I had just done the same on a desktop, and had a working
setup to compare it with, but I have a feeling I didn't actually repair
or install anything. I *think* Synaptic failed to complete the
dist-upgrade, and using apt-get -f install from the command line
(followed by several more apt-get upgrades until no further activity)
was enough to restore things. I'm not sure, though. I may even have
gone to dpkg and ripped out one or two things to clear a logjam. Apt
is good, but sometimes it paints itself into a corner and needs some
fairly brutal surgery to get back to a consistent state.

Quick test: does apt-get update, apt-get upgrade return without error?