On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 12:46:28AM -0800, Clyde Wilson wrote: > I have just installed Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 rev 1 "woody". I can bring up gnome just > fine but when I try to bring up kde I get the following message: > > (**) Generic Mouse: Protocol: "ImPS/2" > (**) Generic Mouse: always reports core events > (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/mice > No such device. > (EE) Generic Mouse: cannot open input device > (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Generic Mouse" > (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Configured Mouse" (type: MOUSE) > > Fatal server error: > Caught signal 4. Server aborting > > I do have /dev/input/mice and I am using a PS/2 mouse. Any help would be > appreciated!
/dev/input/mice is for USB mice. For a PS/2 mouse you want /dev/psaux. Also, ImPS/2 is for scroll wheel mice; if you don't have a scroll wheel, just plain PS/2 is probably what you want. -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F
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