On 03-Mar-2002 Jan H. van Gils wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for reading message. > > After installing my Laptop (Dell Inspiron 3200) with Debian Woody > I am not able to use my /dev/psaux (PS/2 mouse). > > The system was running NetBSD this morning and de mouse was > functioning with no problems. (The NetBSD was a XFree 4.1.x) > To be shore a swapped the mouse with a different one and had > the same problem. > > Are there any known issues with the PS/2 mouse and Woody ? >
Is X trying to use /dev/mouse or /dev/psaux? Do you have the protocol listed as ImPS/2 or PS/2? Could gpm be taking it over? "not able to use" is not clear. Does it not work at all, behave erratically, etc?