> Hello All, > > I am new to Linux and of course new to the Debian distribution. > > Recently I tried to install X on my box using the vga16 server. When > started, the server immediately die with a message "Cannot open > mouse : (no such device). > > Because X is a rather complex package, I tried to troubleshoot my > mouse problem using gpm. The result was the same as with X, now the > message is gpm : /dev/psmouse : No shuch device. Because psmouse is > a symbolic link a also tried psaux and because it still didn't work, > I even tried /dev/msmouse and /dev/inportbm (in fact this is a > non-sense because my mouse is a PS-2 style). > > The problem is not the mouse hardware, because under Windows95, the > same mouse on the same PC work ok. It is discovered as a PS/2 > compatible mouse using interrupt 12. > > The computer is a Gateway 2000 P100. I think they use an Intel > Alladin mother-board, but I am not completly sure. The mouse > is a Microsoft "Mouse Port Compatible 2.0" > > I had also a look at /proc/devices and I didn't find any mouse > device there. Also /proc/interrupts do not show any entry for > interrupt 12. > > Finally I found that every time a started X or gpm, I got an entry > in daemon.log : "modprobe : can't locate module char-major-10 > > So it seems that I need to load a module for my mouse. > In /usr/lib/module_help/modules I found that modules > should exist for psaux and mouse, however I didn't find any > psaux.o or mouse.o on my system. > > Now I am stuck. I only see two possibilities : > > 1)I really need to load psaux.o and mouse.o; but where can I found > those files? > > 2)The mouse driver is build in the kernel and for some reason the > mouse is not detected at boot-up. How can I force the mouse > configuration? > > I have really no idea which of those two possibilities is correct. > As I am new to Linux maybe I made a stupid mistake. > > All the software was loaded from the stable subtree of the > distribution. Kernel is 2.0.6. > > Any help would be appraciated. > > Thanks, > > Andre Dewevre > Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I had the same problem. As far as I know, Debian does not include PS/2 driver as a module, so you'll have to recompile your kenel :(. -- Igor Grobman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Life! Can't live with it, can't live without it... -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
