On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Branden Robinson wrote:
> Well, I see from the debconf data in your initial report that your mouse
> is in fact configured to use protocol "PS/2". Did you change that in
> the debconf database (e.g., by running dpkg-reconfigure) before filing
> the report?
Sort of. I upgraded and edited the file by hand adding in
xfstt. Then I rebooted, and discovered the mouse was wonky.
So I ran dpkg-reconfigure to fix the mouse. But debconf
wouldn't write out the new config file, because it detected
the xfstt customization, so I set it to PS/2 by hand.
> $ debconf-show xserver-xfree86 | grep protocol
> debconf: DbDriver "passwords" warning: could not open
> /var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat: Permission denied
> xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/mouse/protocol: ImPS/2
# debconf-show xserver-xfree86 | grep protocol
* xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/mouse/protocol: PS/2
> Then check to see what protocol actually got written to the file:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ grep -5i protocol /tmp/foo
# dexconf -o /tmp/foo
# grep -5i protocol /tmp/foo
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Do you have any other ideas on things to try?
Thanks,
--Andre
