Re: xserver-xorg crash: "configured mouse"

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
> This morning I did a dist-upgrade and everything appeared fine.  It
> upgraded several hundred packages, including xserver-xorg, a whole lot
> of python, and some other stuff I can't remember.


Better next time use "script" and then do the dist-upgrade. Then you get 
to keep a complete record of the upgrade and you know exactly what went off.

Also before an dist-upgrade, backup, so when there are doubts you just 
restore and everything is back to normal.


> I traded some packages around then, traded hotplug for usbmount if I
> recall correctly.  I did get Linux to mount my usb drive.  I wrote a
> line into /etc/fstab, like /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb etc.
>
> A little while ago I shutdown and started again, and sure enough
> xserver-xorg isn't working.  It says it can't find the configured
> mouse.  It doesn't give the same options it gave previously, it offers
> "ImPS2mouse" and "ExplorerPS2mouse".  I tried both, it consistently
> fails.
> Can anyone help me, or is there anything I can report to help?
> I thought I was running DeMudi testing, but when I dist-upgraded I
> don't know if it stayed with DeMudi or what.  A whole lot changed.
>
> -Chuckk