Bug#442915: xserver-xorg-input-mouse: mouse dead with X41 Tablet PC

[Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>]

Ben Goodrich wrote:
> It is possible that there is some sort of
> conflict with the ability of a Tablet PC to use
> the stylus as a mouse, but I commented out wacom
> in /etc/modules and commented out the stylus and
> eraser-related lines in xorg.conf.
>
> Perhaps there is a larger problem in that I once tried
> to mv xorg.conf to see if X would automatically
> reconfigure itself to get the mouse working, but
> X would not even start in that case. Also, I tried to
> dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg-input-mouse but that
> did not get the mouse to work either.
>   


You should try to move your xorg.conf away (the X server should be able
to start without any config file), unplug all external input devices,
and see whether the bug still occurs. Once this is tested, we might know
more about the bug could be.

Thanks,
Brice