RE: etch upgrade problem
Andrei Popescu <mailto:andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote on Tuesday, April
10, 2007 2:54 AM -0500:
> "Seth Goodman" <sethg@goodmanassociates.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Fatal server error:
> > > > failed to initialize core devices
> > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > > X cannot find your mouse. Try another device instead of
> > > /dev/psaux. I have /dev/input/mice
> >
> > Same result.
>
> Have a look for errors in dmesg. I have this:
>
> ~# dmesg | grep mice
> mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
No mouse errors in dmesg. In fact, here is the mouse detection line:
input: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse on isa0060/serio1
The mouse is in fact an intellimouse PS/2. The terminal interface can
use the mouse (aptitude, for example) but X doesn't find it, even though
xserver-xorg-input-mouse is installed.
X is also unable to install the "savage" module for my vga card, even
though the terminal interface can use the card and
xserver-xorg-video-savage is installed.
My apt sources list points to stable, not etch (which is how I got here
through Synaptic). That shouldn't be an issue, right?
> P.S. I have a feeling this is rather related to udev, modules, ... Did
> you try using a different mouse?
No, I haven't, it's the only non-USB mouse I have left. This is the
same PS/2 mouse that Sarge detected properly on this same hardware. In
fact, all the hardware is the same as for my last Sarge install.
In another thread, someone suggested "dpkg-reconfigure udev" for other
hardware detection problems, so I tried it. That refuses to run because
it wants a more recent kernel.
--
Seth Goodman
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