Bug#436271: PS/2 mouse not working

[Adrian Mariano <radian@cox.net>]

On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 07:31:14AM +0200, Brice Goglin wrote:
> Adrian Mariano wrote:
> > I have never observed /dev/input/mice to work when the mouse was
> > plugged into the PS/2 port.  At the moment I am using evdev and have
> > the mouse plugged into the USB and the mouse works.  If I switch it to
> > the PS/2 it doesn't work.
> >
> > After switching the mouse to the PS/2 I tried "cat /dev/input/mice"
> > and saw nothing.  I also tried "cat /dev/psaux" and also saw nothing.
> > (Is some action required for the PS/2 port to realize it's got a mouse
> > connected?)  
> >
> > Just as a confirmation I put the mouse back in the USB and did "cat
> > /dev/input/mice" and when I moved the mouse I got characters.  
> >   
> 
> Then the bug is not in X. If psmouse is loaded and events don't appear
> in /dev/psaux or /dev/input/mice, something is missing in the kernel or
> so. Did the ps/2 mouse ever work before installing this Debian? In
> another Linux? In Windows? Any BIOS option to enable it?

I rebooted with the mouse in the ps/2 port and tried the experiment
again. 

When I do 'cat /dev/psaux' or 'cat /dev/input/mice' and move the mouse
I see characters on the terminal in both cases.