Re: no USB mouse in Etch

[Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es>]

On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 09:54:20 +0000, Tim Frink wrote:
> Hi, 
> 
> after upgrading from Sarge to Etch, the new xorg does not recognize my
> USB mouse. The touch-pad of my laptop works fine.
> 
> The mouse is found by the kernel, these are the entries in
> /var/log/messages:
> 
> kernel: usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 2
> kernel: usb 1-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 
> 
> In /etc/X11/xorg.conf I have the settings:
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier      "USB Mouse"
>         Driver          "mouse"
>         Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
>         Option          "SendCoreEvents"        "true"
>         Option          "Protocol"              "IMPS/2"
>         Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
>         Option          "Buttons"               "5"
> EndSection
> 
> Any ideas what might be wrong?

What is the output of

ls -l /dev/input/by-id/

Do you see output (codes) scrolling by if you run (as root)

cat /dev/input/mice | hd

and you move the mouse? (CTRL+C to exit)

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