Kent West wrote: > Steve Grace wrote: >> I gave up and reinstalled the base OS again with no additional >> packages. >> >> I then installed and configured kde-core, kdm, and >> x-windows-system-core (I want to start with a minimal environment and >> add to it). KDE didn't start automatically so (assuming that I missed >> something) I installed the entire kde package, which didn't solve the >> problem. I saw a note somewhere about starting X11 with "xstart"; I >> tried that and got an error (listed in >> /var/log/XFree86.0.log): >> >> Cannot open device /dev/input/mice > > Try "cat /dev/input/mice" and move the mouse around. Any garbage being > thrown up on the screen? If not, either this device is wrong for your > trackball, or you're missing a kernel module which provides driver > support for your trackball.
I tried this and nothing happened, but it did spew garbage using /dev/psaux! > I would've thought a PS/2 device would show up on /dev/psaux instead > of /dev/input/mice. I suspect your original install had both the > /dev/input/mice and /dev/psaux entries in /etc/X11/xorg.conf (or > XF86Config-4), and you only noticed the non-used "mice" entry, > whereas your recent install does not have both, only the "mice" entry. I edited the mouse type in XF86Config-4 and reinstalled kde-core. I've got KDE now! Thank you Kent (and Rage Callao, too). I very much appreciate your help. Steve
