On Tue, Apr 13, 2004 at 09:46:26AM -0500, James Miller wrote: > On Tue, 13 Apr 2004, Ralph Crongeyer wrote: > > > In /etc/modules add the line: > > > > psmouse > > > > Then restart X. > > Unfortunately this did not change anything. Even after putting the entry > psmouse in the file /etc/modules, the mouse cursor remains frozen when the > computer gets into gui mode. It does not respond to anything I do with > the physical mouse. Incidentally, gpm also does not work in the console > (i.e., no cursor appears when I move the mouse around, as it does when I > am in a console when using the 2.4.25 kernel). Perhaps I need to > uncomment the generic mouse entry in XF86Config-4 again? I don't really > see how that could apply though, since it's not a USB mouse (unless my > understanding of the generic mouse stanza as referring to USB mice is > mistaken).
Adding the line to /etc/modules is right, but it won't do anything until you reboot. But you don't need to reboot just to get it working, because you can load it by hand: # modprobe psmouse -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F
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