On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 03:21:39PM +0200, Jon Jahren wrote: > Hi all > I've just installed debian etch on my main computer, but I get an error > when trying to start X, it tells me: > (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/mice > No such file or directory > (EE) Configured Mouse: cannot open input device > (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Configured Mouse" > No core pointer > > And then goes on to give me a fatal error, and X doesn't start. > > What package would provide this driver for me? I have > xserver-xorg-input-mouse and I also found this link: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2005/12/msg00552.html > But no solution. > Any help greatly appreciated, thanks > Regards > Jon > Others may have better, more detailed advice but I just upgraded to testing (etch) and learned that I had to run dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf. This will give you an opportunity to specify the mouse and the mouse dev.
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