On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 08:36:24PM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: > MRH(misiek_spam@o2.pl) is reported to have said: > > Hi, > > > > I have a problem after I apt-upgraded Debian Sid a couple of days ago. It > > seems that some xserver-xorg-* or hal* packages broke my mouse in X. The > > result is I have no working mouse in X - it displays cursor, that's it. I > > managed to operate the mouse with keyboard 'emulation', but it's very > > inconvenient. I got the latest today - still no change. > > I'm sure the mouse is OK - it works on other PCs. This is USB mouse; and > > it's configured both as evdev and /dev/mice (the reason for the double > > config is that the mouse is connected through a KVM, but it worked before; > > moreover I tried also 'standard' config with /dev/mice only - still doesn't > > work). When I switch to console as root and do > > # cat /dev/mice > > I receive lots of 'garbage' when I move the mouse - so the system sees it. > > > > I removed xserver-xorg-input-evdev temporarily as it messed my keyboard; > > but I still have problems with the mouse. > > > > May I get some help - what can I do? Or should I wait for some update which > > eventually fixes the problem? > > No relief here, your running sid, so all you can do is wait. > > I have the same problem here on lenny. Gpm & libgpmg1 both at version > 1.19.6-25. Upgraded this morning. If you're running sid, you really should do two things: aptitude install apt-listbugs and watch this list closely before you upgrade. I try to upgrade every day, but never before skimming the list. I love all you poor saps running a timezone a few hours ahead of mine ;-) Saved me from a disastrous upgrade on more than one occaision. A
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