I've seen a problem with the GPM program stealing mouse events away from X. Try turning off GPM if you have it running.
--ernie On Sunday 09 September 2001 12:51 pm, Hendrik Sattler wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Am Sonntag, 9. September 2001 18:42 schrieb Daniel de los Reyes: > > (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/mice > > No such file or directory. > > (EE) Generic Mouse: cannot open input device > > (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Generic Mouse" > > (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Configured Mouse" > > (type: MOUSE) > > > > And this is my XF86Config related to mouse: > > > > Section "InputDevice" > > Identifier "Mouse1" > > Driver "mouse" > > Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" > > Option "Device" "/dev/gpmdata" > > Option "SampleRate" "150" > > Option "ChordMiddle" > > EndSection > > I doubt, this is the right part of your config file. XFree4 has a Server > layout. Maybe there is Mouse0 mentioned instead of Mouse1? > Just search in that config file for "/dev/input/mice". I'm sure it is > there. Or use "xf86cfg -textmode" to get to the point. > > Hendrik > > - -- > Mein GPG-Key ist auf meiner Homepage verfügbar: > http://www.hendrik-sattler.de oder über pgp.net > > PingoS - Linux-User helfen Schulen: http://www.pingos.schulnetz.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQE7m6wZzvr6q9zCwcERAmwTAKC2ifZvqm3kREOoGQlVe5OQmIHzQgCeKiZf > ADas2vB1hePyKkr0Ne/T0To= > =sarS > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----