On Mon, 12 Apr 2004, James Miller wrote: > The next irritant I've encountered has to do with mice and the 2.6.4 > kernel. I have a pretty much standard ps2 mouse (a trackballish type > thing but definitely with a ps2 plug). This mouse works fine with the 2.4 > kernels I've tried it with thus far: I've loaded 3 or 4 different 2.4.x > kernels over the last few months and never had any problems. However, > when I tried to use a 2.6.x kernel - up to and including the latest 2.6.4 > kernel - the mouse does not work. In other words, I try to move the > cursor and it won't move: it simply stays stuck in the middle of the > screen regardless of what I move on the physical mouse. These kernels are > the stock Debian Sid ones, btw - I did *not* compile them myself (ok, go > ahead and subtract geek points . . . see if I care). In other words, when > I want to try a new kernel I do apt-get install > kernel-image-whatever.ver-686. Then I do the necessary tweaking of lilo > and symlinks in /boot and so forth. The machine boots fine by this means, > btw. I just can't use the mouse with the 2.6.x kernels when it gets to > the gui stage, for some strange reason. I looked over > /var/log/XFree86.0.log and, to my untrained eye, the following message > toward the end of that file seems like it could apply: > > (**) Option "Protocol" "PS/2" > (**) Configured Mouse: Protocol: "PS/2" > (**) Configured Mouse: Core Pointer > (**) Option "Device" "/dev/gpmdata" > (==) Configured Mouse: Buttons: 3 > (**) Option "Protocol" "PS/2" > (**) Generic Mouse: Protocol: "PS/2" > (**) Generic Mouse: always reports core events > (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/mice > No such device. > (EE) Generic Mouse: cannot open input device > (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Generic Mouse" > (II) UnloadModule: "mouse" > (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Configured Mouse" (type: MOUSE) > > Could anyone offer suggestions for how to resolve this mouse problem so I > can finally begin using the 2.6.4 kernel? Thanks for input on this. >
replace /dev/gpmdata with /dev/psaux i guess -- "A mouse is a device used to point at the xterm you want to type in". Kim Alm on a.s.r. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
