On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 11:51:28PM +0200, Eddy wrote: > Hendrik Boom a ?crit : > > > Sudden trouble with X. I don't know what I might have done, but is > > was all > > working yesterday. I did try to configure ALSA (without any apparent > > success) > > but that shouldn't have messed up X, should it? I looks as if it can > > no longer open /dev/psaux, and it refuses to start up without its > > mouse. > > This looks like a problem I had a few days ago. > > I installed alsa and when I booted the next day (this desktop is > shutdown at night), I couldn't start the X server anymore. > > What happened I can't figure out but the psmouse module wasn't loaded. > > Try > modprobe psmouse > and restart X > > and if it works, consider adding "psmouse" to /etc/modules.
Thanks. This worked. I wonder why. Does anyone know why configuring ALSA should diable the mouse? Is the failure to have psmouse in /etc/modules a failure of the new installer, or a failure of the X configurator? -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
