On Thursday 23 August 2007 13:13, Isidor Zeuner wrote: > Dear mailing list subscribers, > > after upgrading from kernel 2.4.31 to 2.6.21 on a debian box I'm not > able to use the PS/2 mouse (Logitech optical) anymore. On kernel > 2.4.31 it worked fine using the character device driver. As this > driver is not present anymore on Linux 2.6, I try to use the input > device layer now, but it doesn't even find the mouse. There is no > kernel message mentioning the mouse, and it doesn't show up in > /dev/input (there are only devices created for keyboard and PC > speaker, and the generic /dev/input/mice, which doesn't provide any > data of course). Loading the psmouse module or compiling PS/2 mouse > input core support into the kernel doesn't help. What else could I > look into to solve the problem? > > Many thanks in advance, > > Isidor Zeuner
I remember this problem from ages ago, when I added a 2.6.8 kernel to my Sarge installs. When booting with the 2.6.8 kernel there was no mouse pointer. I had to modproble 2 modules, "mousedev" , and "psmouse" (without the double quotes). One of them got the mouse pointer to appear, but I couldn't move it, and loading the other module resolved the problem, and the mouse pointer could then be moved. It's worth a try, but your's may be a different problem. If it does work, just add to /etc/modules on separate lines: mousedev psmouse Nigel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]