Chris, Thanks for the reply. I solved the problem. It was a matter doing a modprobe mousdev and then md5'ing the config file.
-----Original Message----- From: Chris Bannister [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 4:02 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/mice: No Such Device On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 07:20:33PM +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 11:54:00AM -0700, 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 > > > 2.6 kernel? Video card? More details please. ROFLOL, Video card? Install gpm so mouse can work in tty as well as X (very handy) and in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device" "/dev/gpmdata" Option "Protocol" "IntelliMouse" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection -- Chris. ====== Reproduction if desired may be handled locally. -- rfc3 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
