Re: /dev/psaux deleted; mknod helps but not permanent

2005-05-10 Thread Eric Speas, MLIS
Dude, you rock! I added psmouse to my /etc/modules file and renamed my modules.conf to modules.conf.bak (I never throw things away unless I know I no longer need them) and everything works as it should. Thanks again. If I were there right now, I'd buy you a beer. :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: /dev/psaux deleted; mknod helps but not permanent

2005-05-10 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Eric Speas, MLIS (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Thanks for the input (sorry about the pun ;) I think I am running > udev on my system. I'll try modprobe and while I'm at it, I'll check > the /etc/modprobe.d/ directory and /etc/modprobe.conf on my systems at > work (which also run Debian

Re: /dev/psaux deleted; mknod helps but not permanent

2005-05-10 Thread Eric Speas, MLIS
Thanks for the input (sorry about the pun ;) I think I am running udev on my system. I'll try modprobe and while I'm at it, I'll check the /etc/modprobe.d/ directory and /etc/modprobe.conf on my systems at work (which also run Debian Sarge) for added information. Hopefully I can get this fixed b

Re: /dev/psaux deleted; mknod helps but not permanent

2005-05-10 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello [EMAIL PROTECTED] (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > [...] > mknod -m 644 /dev/psaux c 10 1 > mknod -m 660 /dev/input/mice c 13 63 > > I was then able to run kdm and X without problems. However, once I > rebooted the computer, the device files I created

/dev/psaux deleted; mknod helps but not permanent

2005-05-10 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
/dev/psaux and /dev/input/mice where missing. I tried running MAKEDEV busmice but the device files were not created. After reviewing my Linux books, man pages, and my trusty Knoppix CD, I figured that mknod was my best option. So I typed in the following commands: mknod -m 644 /dev/ps

ltsp: cannot open devices '/dev/psaux' '/dev/mouse'

2004-12-04 Thread Adam Bogacki
7;(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/psaux, No such device' and '(EE) xf86OpenSerial: cannot open device /dev/mouse, No such file or directory'. The /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 looks OK, but I'm not sure if I should be looking for a /tmp/XF86Config-4 file. My current /tmp does no

Re: XFree suddenly cannot open /dev/psaux

2004-08-29 Thread Jay Oliveri
Jay Oliveri wrote: > Eddy wrote: >> Hendrik Boom a écrit : >>> InputDevice"Configured Mouse" >>>InputDevice"Generic Mouse" >> >> By the way, I see that you have two InputDevices for probably only one >> mouse. I wonder why that is. In fact I had just the same and it didn't >> bot

Re: XFree suddenly cannot open /dev/psaux

2004-08-28 Thread Andreas Janssen
was responsible for wheel actions being applied twice > (when I rolled the whell to get to the next desktop in wmaker, I ended > up on the second next). I commented out the Generic Mouse line in my > XF86Config-4 and things are > working well. That's because this settings m

Re: XFree suddenly cannot open /dev/psaux

2004-08-28 Thread Jay Oliveri
Eddy wrote: > Hendrik Boom a écrit : >> InputDevice"Configured Mouse" >>InputDevice"Generic Mouse" > > By the way, I see that you have two InputDevices for probably only one > mouse. I wonder why that is. In fact I had just the same and it didn't > bother me too much until I reali

Re: cat cannot open /dev/psaux either

2004-08-27 Thread Pigeon
ent success) > > but that shouldn't have messed up X, should it? I looks as if it can no > > longer open /dev/psaux, and it refuses to start up without its mouse. > > In fact, cat can't open /dev/psaux either. > Running > > $ cat /dev/psaux > > give

Re: XFree suddenly cannot open /dev/psaux

2004-08-27 Thread Eddy
Hendrik Boom a écrit : > Sudden trouble with X. I don't know what I might have done, but is > was all > working yesterday. I did try to configure ALSA (without any apparent > success) > but that shouldn't have messed up X, should it? I looks as if it can > no lo

Re: XFree suddenly cannot open /dev/psaux

2004-08-27 Thread Andreas Janssen
looks as if it can no longer open /dev/psaux, and it refuses to start > up without its mouse. Do you use Kernel 2.6? Make sure the psmouse driver is present: modprobe psmouse echo psmouse >> /etc/modules > I've tried minor changes in the mouse config, using dpkg-reconfigure, >

cat cannot open /dev/psaux either

2004-08-27 Thread Hendrik Boom
oks as if it can no > longer open /dev/psaux, and it refuses to start up without its mouse. In fact, cat can't open /dev/psaux either. Running $ cat /dev/psaux gives me No such device -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

XFree suddenly cannot open /dev/psaux

2004-08-27 Thread Hendrik Boom
Sudden trouble with X. I don't know what I might have done, but is was all working yesterday. I did try to configure ALSA (without any apparent success) but that shouldn't have messed up X, should it? I looks as if it can no longer open /dev/psaux, and it refuses to start up without

Re: /dev/psaux

2004-04-03 Thread Rodrigo Agerri
> > >>Drogo Bumbleroot wrote: > >I've gotten X-Windows to come up if I use /dev/input/mice (saw it somewhere > >on a webpage), but it still tells me the mouse is in use if I use > >/dev/psaux > > > >Section "InputDevice" >

Re: /dev/psaux (X now working with /dev/ttyS0)

2004-04-02 Thread Kent West
Kent West wrote: Drogo Bumbleroot wrote: Drogo Bumbleroot wrote: I've gotten X-Windows to come up if I use /dev/input/mice (saw it somewhere on a webpage), but it still tells me the mouse is in use if I use /dev/psaux Section "InputDevice" Identifier &q

Re: /dev/psaux (X now working with /dev/ttyS0)

2004-04-02 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Kent West: > > At this point, I think I'd give up on trying to get X working until the > mouse works. And the best way to do that, in my opinion, is to get it > working with gpm, the console mouse driver. If you have trouble with that, check the debian-users archives (lists.debian

Re: /dev/psaux (X now working with /dev/ttyS0)

2004-04-02 Thread Kent West
Drogo Bumbleroot wrote: Drogo Bumbleroot wrote: I've gotten X-Windows to come up if I use /dev/input/mice (saw it somewhere on a webpage), but it still tells me the mouse is in use if I use /dev/psaux Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configure

RE: /dev/psaux (X now working with /dev/ttyS0)

2004-04-02 Thread Drogo Bumbleroot
it > >>>somewhere on a webpage), but it still tells me the mouse is > >>>in use if I use /dev/psaux > >>> > >>>Section "InputDevice" > >>> Identifier "Configured Mouse" > >>> Driver

Re: /dev/psaux (X now working with /dev/ttyS0)

2004-04-02 Thread Kent West
t somewhere on a webpage), but it still tells me the mouse is in use if I use /dev/psaux Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option

RE: /dev/psaux (X now working with /dev/ttyS0)

2004-04-02 Thread Drogo Bumbleroot
> >>>>> > > > > > >I've gotten X-Windows to come up if I use /dev/input/mice (saw it > >somewhere on a webpage), but it still tells me the mouse is > in use if I > >use /dev/psaux > > > >Section "InputDevice" > >

Re: /dev/psaux

2004-04-02 Thread Kent West
Drogo Bumbleroot wrote: Drogo Bumbleroot wrote: I know I've got a PS2 mouse, but X-Windows is telling me it's not there... I've gotten X-Windows to come up if I use /dev/input/mice (saw it somewhere on a webpage), but it still tells me the mouse is in use if I

RE: /dev/psaux

2004-04-01 Thread Drogo Bumbleroot
> Drogo Bumbleroot wrote: > > >>>I know I've got a PS2 mouse, but X-Windows is telling me it's not > >>>there... I've gotten X-Windows to come up if I use /dev/input/mice (saw it somewhere on a webpage), but it still tells me the mouse is in

Re: /dev/psaux

2004-03-31 Thread Kent West
Drogo Bumbleroot wrote: I know I've got a PS2 mouse, but X-Windows is telling me it's not there... From: Kent West [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: /dev/psaux What kernel version? Perhaps you need to "modprobe psmouse"? igloo:/dev# uname -a Linux igloo 2.4

RE: /dev/psaux

2004-03-31 Thread Drogo Bumbleroot
> >I know I've got a PS2 mouse, but X-Windows is telling me it's not > >there... > > > >(**) Option "Protocol" "PS/2" > >(**) Configured Mouse: Protocol: "PS/2" > >(**) Option "CorePointer" > >(**) Config

Re: /dev/psaux

2004-03-31 Thread Kent West
Drogo Bumbleroot wrote: I know I've got a PS2 mouse, but X-Windows is telling me it's not there... (**) Option "Protocol" "PS/2" (**) Configured Mouse: Protocol: "PS/2" (**) Option "CorePointer" (**) Configured Mouse: Core Pointer (**) Option

/dev/psaux

2004-03-31 Thread Drogo Bumbleroot
I know I've got a PS2 mouse, but X-Windows is telling me it's not there... (**) Option "Protocol" "PS/2" (**) Configured Mouse: Protocol: "PS/2" (**) Option "CorePointer" (**) Configured Mouse: Core Pointer (**) Option "Device" &qu

Re: /dev/psaux missing when using udev

2004-03-09 Thread Stig Brautaset
Wang WenRui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > The new device is /dev/misc/psaux. I'll try that when I get home. Thank you :) Stig -- brautaset.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: /dev/psaux missing when using udev

2004-03-09 Thread Stig Brautaset
Matt Kirchhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stig Brautaset brautaset.org> writes: >> It works great, apart from one little niggly thing: I can't find my >> mouse. > > Did you read the documentation? For udev? Yes. For the kernel, no. I didn't think think that was relevant since my mouse worked

Re: /dev/psaux missing when using udev

2004-03-09 Thread Wang WenRui
t; Hi, > > I've installed the udev package from experimental. It works great, apart > from one little niggly thing: I can't find my mouse. It used to be > /dev/psaux, but I can't find it now. Is that because the driver doesn't > register with libsys properly (or wha

Re: /dev/psaux missing when using udev

2004-03-09 Thread Matt Kirchhoff
Stig Brautaset brautaset.org> writes: > It works great, apart > from one little niggly thing: I can't find my mouse. Did you read the documentation? $ cat /usr/share/doc/kernel-source-x.y.z/README.Debian | grep mouse -- Matt Kirchhoff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

/dev/psaux missing when using udev

2004-03-09 Thread Stig Brautaset
Hi, I've installed the udev package from experimental. It works great, apart from one little niggly thing: I can't find my mouse. It used to be /dev/psaux, but I can't find it now. Is that because the driver doesn't register with libsys properly (or whatever it is it needs to

Re: Frozen cursor-no /dev/psaux

2003-01-23 Thread Ognyan Kulev
alex wrote: Nowhere during the installation did there seem to be an opportunity to install a mouse. Is there something that could have been done other than what I did? During the installation of package xserver-xfree86 such questions are asked. Did you set debconf message to appear only when

Frozen cursor-no /dev/psaux

2003-01-22 Thread alex
ze, I tried to fix things through dselect but couldn't determine what to select. Fortunately, I also have Progeny installed and working fine so I cheated. I compared Progeny and Debian to see what the difference was and discovered that /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 was absent in Debian---no /dev/psaux

Re: PS/2 (/dev/psaux) is not working on Woody with Kernel 2.2.20

2002-03-09 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Wed, Mar 06, 2002, Jan H. van Gils ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Hi, > > Thanks for reading message. > > After installing my Laptop (Dell Inspiron 3200) with Debian Woody > I am not able to use my /dev/psaux (PS/2 mouse). > > The system was running NetBS

PS/2 (/dev/psaux) is not working on Woody with Kernel 2.2.20

2002-03-06 Thread Jan H. van Gils
Hi, Thanks for reading message. After installing my Laptop (Dell Inspiron 3200) with Debian Woody I am not able to use my /dev/psaux (PS/2 mouse). The system was running NetBSD this morning and de mouse was functioning with no problems. (The NetBSD was a XFree 4.1.x) To be shore a

Re: how do i create /dev/psaux?

2001-01-18 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 02:46:14PM +0800, Livia Admin wrote: :ey guys.. can anyone help me in creating my /dev/psaux? :I tried './MAKEDEV psaux' and says dont know how to make device... and :also tried './MAKEDEV -d psaux' and still the same problem.. i'm sure :psaux m

Re: how do i create /dev/psaux?

2001-01-18 Thread Jon Forsberg
On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 08:12:12PM +0100, zzed wrote: > On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 02:46:14PM +0800, Livia Admin wrote: > > ey guys.. can anyone help me in creating my /dev/psaux? > > I tried './MAKEDEV psaux' and says dont know how to make device... and > > also tried

Re: how do i create /dev/psaux?

2001-01-18 Thread Livia Admin
yeah thanks... man MAKEDEV helps On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 11:11:22AM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > On 21-Jan-2001 Livia Admin wrote: > > ey guys.. can anyone help me in creating my /dev/psaux? > > I tried './MAKEDEV psaux' and says dont know ho

RE: how do i create /dev/psaux?

2001-01-18 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 21-Jan-2001 Livia Admin wrote: > ey guys.. can anyone help me in creating my /dev/psaux? > I tried './MAKEDEV psaux' and says dont know how to make device... and > also tried './MAKEDEV -d psaux' and still the same problem.. i'm sure > psaux mouse su

Re: how do i create /dev/psaux?

2001-01-18 Thread Jon Forsberg
On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 02:46:14PM +0800, Livia Admin wrote: > ey guys.. can anyone help me in creating my /dev/psaux? > I tried './MAKEDEV psaux' and says dont know how to make device... and > also tried './MAKEDEV -d psaux' and still the same problem.. i'm sur

how do i create /dev/psaux?

2001-01-18 Thread Livia Admin
ey guys.. can anyone help me in creating my /dev/psaux? I tried './MAKEDEV psaux' and says dont know how to make device... and also tried './MAKEDEV -d psaux' and still the same problem.. i'm sure psaux mouse support in kernel is enabled. I'm using kernel-2.4.0

Re: Upgrade to potato; now "/dev/psaux: No such device"

2000-11-27 Thread Mark Phillips
n, 27 Nov 2000, Mark Phillips wrote: > > I've just upgraded a machine to potato. All was fine till I tried > rebooting, then X crashed, complaining that it couldn't find the mouse. I > noticed gpm wasn't running. When I tried running it, it complained about > /dev/p

Upgrade to potato; now "/dev/psaux: No such device"

2000-11-27 Thread Mark Phillips
I've just upgraded a machine to potato. All was fine till I tried rebooting, then X crashed, complaining that it couldn't find the mouse. I noticed gpm wasn't running. When I tried running it, it complained about /dev/psaux device not existing. Now the file /dev/psaux exists.

Re: X and /dev/psaux

1999-11-17 Thread aphro
On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Glen S Mehn wrote: glen >At first I realised that I had set it to point to /dev/ttyS0, changed it glen >to /dev/psaux, but X still crashes right when it loads. is psaux support compiled into the kernel? hit dmesg | more on my machine (i use /dev/psaux too) i get this

X and /dev/psaux

1999-11-17 Thread Glen S Mehn
/ttyS0, changed it to /dev/psaux, but X still crashes right when it loads. Regards, glen -- Glen S Mehn [EMAIL PROTECTED] GoMo Technologies Systems Administrator Can your email do this? http://www.gomomail.com

Re: rm /dev/psaux

1999-04-29 Thread D Richards
Thanks very much. That seems to have done the trick. Duane On Thu, Apr 29, 1999 at 08:14:08PM +, Richard Harran wrote: > This should work: > cd /dev > ./MAKEDEV busmice > as root. > > HTH > Rich > > D Richards wrote: > > > > I accide

Re: rm /dev/psaux

1999-04-29 Thread Richard Harran
This should work: cd /dev ./MAKEDEV busmice as root. HTH Rich D Richards wrote: > > I accidentally removed my /dev/psaux file which controls my mouse. Where do > I find out how to replace it. I'm running slink and use a PS2 mouse. > > Thanks > &g

rm /dev/psaux

1999-04-29 Thread D Richards
I accidentally removed my /dev/psaux file which controls my mouse. Where do I find out how to replace it. I'm running slink and use a PS2 mouse. Thanks Duane Richards [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: \dev\psaux: operation not permitted and keyboard layout changing

1998-12-22 Thread Nuno Carvalho
On Tue, 22 Dec 1998, Martin Waller wrote: > 1. The p60 has a ps2 mouse (at least, that's the connector type), but > gpm won't coinfigure it (it just gets stuck at trying ttyS0-ttyS3 at > various baud rates for ever), and when i try to force it to use > \dev\psaux i

\dev\psaux: operation not permitted and keyboard layout changing

1998-12-22 Thread Martin Waller
Everything is fine and it works a charm bar acouple of things. 1. The p60 has a ps2 mouse (at least, that's the connector type), but gpm won't coinfigure it (it just gets stuck at trying ttyS0-ttyS3 at various baud rates for ever), and when i try to force it to use \dev\psaux i get an &#

Re: (hamm) /dev/psaux: "device not supported"

1998-03-31 Thread Oliver Elphick
Laurent GIRAUD wrote: >"device not supported" /dev/psaux with frozen hamm ! >It was working before I install the most recent upgrade of xlib6-3.3.2 I had no such problem with installing this package. >... >perhaps do i have to rerun a MAKEDEV...? does /dev/psaux st

(hamm) /dev/psaux: "device not supported"

1998-03-31 Thread Laurent GIRAUD
"device not supported" /dev/psaux with frozen hamm ! It was working before I install the most recent upgrade of xlib6-3.3.2 ... perhaps do i have to rerun a MAKEDEV...? -- Laurent GIRAUD Centre for Systems Engineering and Applied Mechanics (CESAME) Universite cat

Re: od /dev/psaux

1996-10-15 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Mon, 14 Oct 1996, Robert Nicholson wrote: > What does this do for people with a PS2 mouse? > > I get psaux:No such device > > I can see the file there with major 10 minor 1 > > I'm trying to verify my mouse without X. > The default Debian kernel is not built with ps2 mouse support. You wil

Re: /dev/psaux problems

1996-08-27 Thread Amos Shapira
David Winters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: |> On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, Robert Resendes wrote: |> >If I try to "cat" the file, though, I get the following error: |> > > cat /dev/psaux |> > cat: /dev/psaux: No such device | |On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, Mike Taylo

Re: /dev/psaux problems

1996-08-27 Thread David C. Winters
> On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, Robert Resendes wrote: > >If I try to "cat" the file, though, I get the following error: > > > cat /dev/psaux > > cat: /dev/psaux: No such device On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, Mike Taylor wrote: > I don't think cat works here because /de

Re: /dev/psaux problems

1996-08-27 Thread Mike Taylor
On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, Robert Resendes wrote: > >If I try to "cat" the file, though, I get the following error: > > > cat /dev/psaux > cat: /dev/psaux: No such device > I don't think cat works here because /dev/psaux is not a regular file. >I thin

/dev/psaux problems

1996-08-27 Thread Robert Resendes
Hello All, I finally got around to upgrading my 93R6 syatem upto 1.1.5 (at least that's what the I-Connect CD says). The X11 install went fine (used a saved copy of XF86Config) until I try to start X. It complains that it can't open the mouse which is set to /dev/psaux. This files