Bug#341602: XFree86 Fatal server error: failed to initialize core devices

[Michel Dänzer <daenzer@debian.org>]

On Thu, 2005-12-01 at 11:58 -0500, David Nusinow wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 07:40:09PM +0300, a bc wrote:
> >
> > (**) Option "CorePointer"
> > (**) Configured Mouse: Core Pointer
> > (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> > (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/mice
> >  No such device.

[...]

> This looks like a problem in your /dev directory. Do you have a
> /dev/input/mice file? 

Yes, or the error would be 'No such file or directory'.

> Is it readable? 

Yes, or the error would be 'Permission denied'.

This isn't Windows or something. ;)


Julien Cristau already closed this bug with a pretty good explanation I
think.


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