On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 02:31:40PM -0700, Ed Young wrote: > > I did a new install of Debian 3.1r1 and X failed out with a > /dev/input/mice no device found error. > > I issued modprobe mousedev and then startx got x running, but the mouse > still doesn't work. > I added mousedev to /etc/modules and now when I reboot, X starts but > still no mouse. > > I've run dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 and experimented with various > mouse configs but still no mouse.
Do you get anything interesting when you type 'cat /dev/input/mice' and wiggle the mouse? You should get a stream of random characters - if not, your problem is not with X but with the mouse. What type of mouse is it, anyway? --j
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