> I remember this problem from ages ago, when I added a 2.6.8 kernel to my > Sarge > installs. When booting with the 2.6.8 kernel there was no mouse pointer. I > had to modproble 2 modules, "mousedev" , and "psmouse" (without the double > quotes). One of them got the mouse pointer to appear, but I couldn't move it, > and loading the other module resolved the problem, and the mouse pointer > could then be moved. It's worth a try, but your's may be a different problem. > > If it does work, just add to /etc/modules on separate lines: > mousedev > psmouse > > Nigel.
The module "mousedev" is compiled into the kernel in the newer 2.6 debian kernel images (I wouldn't have been able to access /dev/input/mice otherwise), and as I wrote in the initial post, neither loading "psmouse" nor compiling it into the kernel has helped. It now turned out that the 2.6.21 kernel from the testing distribution had caused the problem. After installing the 2.6.18 kernel from stable on the testing box, loading psmouse would cause the PS/2 mouse to be found. Maybe this post will help other people having problems with the testing kernel, or it will help to fix the testing distribution. Mail me for questions. Isidor Zeuner -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
