Re: No Mouse in X
On Wednesday 28 February 2007 00:28, Dave Walker wrote:
> Hope I am at the right place to ask for help!
>
> I have reached a debian wall - I have been happy with my progress to date
> in getting my sarge built and running, but have run into something that I
> can't overcome.
>
> The Problem:
>
> When I run X (startx) from any user account, it begins, loads Gnome (just
> today downloaded it) but the mouse does not move. I found out that <Ctrl>
> <Alt> <Backspace> quits X, thankfully, so I can return to the command line.
> Thanks, much
> Dave Walker
This may have absolutely nothing to do with your problem, but I had to load a
couple of modules on one of my sarge installs to get the mouse working, which
is a ps mouse (A4tech scrollball).
The 2 modules are.
psmouse
mousedev
If none of the other suggestions work, it may be worth doing a Ctrl Alt
Backspace, then type root, (or su, if you are still logged in as user),
ENTER, followed by your root password, and ENTER again, then type "modprobe
psmouse" , ENTER, then type "modprobe mousedev", ENTER, both without the
double quotes. Then type exit. You should now be able to try startx again as
user, and see if this fixes the mouse problems.
As I say. My problem may be different to yours, but if it does work, and the
mouse works ok when you're logged into Gnome, open the CLI (terminal), su to
root, type gedit, for a text editor, click on "filesystem", then on the
right, click on etc. In etc, scroll down to the modules file, and click on
it. Add the 2 modules psmouse, and mousedev on separate lines, then click on
save, close the editor, and exit the terminal. Each time you boot now, these
2 modules will be loaded automatically when you bootup.
All the best with your Sarge install.
Nigel.
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