"Seth Goodman" <sethg@goodmanassociates.com> wrote: > 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. Are you using gpm? IIRC the xorg.conf must be setup differently if you use gpm. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)
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