On Tue, 13 Apr 2004, Pigeon wrote: > 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
Ok. I see I should have mentioned that I rebooted. It still didn't work. Nor did manually modprobing it work (I didn't think it would if rebboting after editing /etc/modules failed, but I thought I should try it anyway). I also modprobed mousedev, which similarly didn't help. Only when I ran across something telling me to look at the output from cat /proc/bus/input/devices did I begin to make any progress. That output told me the mouse was at /dev/input/mouse0, and when I entered that under the Generic Mouse stanza of XF86Config-4, I got a working mouse cursor under X. But gpm is not working (i.e., no cursor appears in console mode when I move the mouse, as it should), and I'm not sure why. Neither do I have a console beep - another mystery. Anyone have input on getting gpm and the console beep working under the 2.6.4 kernel? Thanks, James -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
