I don't have an intellimouse so this is an educated guess :-) I think you may have a conflict between X and gpm. Try disabling gpm and setting your device to /dev/psaux in XF86Config-4:
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Good luck, Simon. On Saturday 03 March 2001 1:07 am, Charles Lewis wrote: > I had X (XFree86 4.0.2)working fine until I started trying to get my > IntelliMouse wheel to work. I even tried running xf86config again. When I > startx it attempts to load but fails with no error messages. The last few > lines after it attempts: > > ... > (**) Mouse1: Protocol: "IMPS/2" > (**) Mouse1: Core Pointer > (==) Mouse1: Buttons: 3 > (II) Keyboard "Keyboard1" handled by legacy driver > (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse1" 9type: MOUSE) > # > > And that's it no errors but no X either. > > Incidentally, how do you get the (IntelliMouse) wheel to work? (mouse is > currently working under gpm) > > In gpm.conf I have: > device=/dev/psaux > responsiveness= > repeat_type= > type=imps2 > append="" > sample_rate= > > In the mouse section of XF86Config-4 I have: > Identifier "Mouse1" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" > Option "Device" "/dev/gpmdata" > > Before I ran xf86config, I had added the lines: > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > Option "Buttons" "5" > > And I may have been using the IntelliMouse protocol as well. I can't > remember, I tried too many things. What should it be? > > Inquiring minds wish there was an XFree86 4 HOW-TO for debian.
