Thanks for the replies! Running dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 -plow Didn't change anything. What is the -plow switch for? Is that "priority low"?
A search in the debian user archives yeilded some similar problems and suggestions. I ran Modprobe mousedev And then issued: Startx And now X starts(!) but the mouse doesn't work :( Now Dmesg returns: mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice usb.c: registered new driver usbmouse usbmouse.c: v1.6:USB HID Boot Protocol mouse driver usb.c: deregistering driver usbmouse mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice XFree86.0.log returns: (II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR (II) Keyboard "Generic Keyboard" handled by legacy driver (**) Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" (**) Configured Mouse: Protocol: "ImPS/2" (**) Option "CorePointer" (**) Configured Mouse: Core Pointer (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" (**) Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" (**) Configured Mouse: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50 (**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" (**) Configured Mouse: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5 (**) Configured Mouse: Buttons: 5 (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Configured Mouse" (type: MOUSE) (II) Configured Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded So when I added the mousedev module, X will run, but the mouse doesn't work? Any ideas? Thanks, Ed -----Original Message----- From: Karl O. Pinc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 12:34 PM To: Ed Young Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/mice: No Such Device On 01/11/2006 12:54:00 PM, Ed Young wrote: > I can't get X to start because apparently because the mouse device > can't be found, though the device directory entry seems to be there: > Falcon:/etc/X11# ls -la /dev/input/mice > crw-rw---- 1 root root 13, 63 2005-02-25 23:43 /dev/input/mice Random things to try: Check your dmesg output (or /var/log/dmesg) to be sure that the kernel recognises the mouse. Likewise check the logs (/var/log/messages I suppose.) Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Free Software: "You don't pay back, you pay forward." -- Robert A. Heinlein -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
