Hi, Installed 8.1 on my Toshiba Portege 7200 laptop a few days ago & it looks great. The only snag I've had is an oddity with a USB wheelmouse. On three different occasions the mouse has just stopped responding - but the mouse cursor responds to the keyboard's joystick.
After a bit of poking around I discovered that the /dev/usbmouse file had gone!! Checked /var/log/messages - nothing, /var/log/XFree86.0.log has one line "xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/mouse No such file or directory". Checked /dev/mouse, sure enough it's a dangling symlink to /dev/usbmouse. Checked lsmod: the usbmouse module is still loaded. Ran mouseconfig in a virtual console - presto, /dev/usbmouse is back and working in X again. The machine is running the default devfs configuration, but I can't find anywhere what might have caused this. Any suggestions appreciated. On a side note - I've found during the 8.1 install (both with a PS2 wheelmouse and USB wheelmouse): if you try to change from the detected non-wheelmouse setting to wheelmouse, the mouse stops working for the rest of the install. This happened both on the aforementioned laptop and on a desktop (MSI motherboard, VIA chipset, 800Mhz Athlon). Anyways, just thought I'd mention it. Regards, - Brendon. -- R E D S H E R I F F Brendon Oliver - Technology Release Manager [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Level 7, 10 Queens Road +61 3 9864 0755 tel Melbourne VIC +61 3 9864 0778 fax Australia +61 411 048 342 mob This message and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use or dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error please notify us immediately by return email or telephone +61 (3) 659 0432, then delete this message. Any views expressed in this messageare those of the individual sender and many not necessarily reflect the views of Red Sheriff. --- Hey, Jim, it's me, Susie Lillis from the laundromat. You said you were gonna call and it's been two weeks. What's wrong, you lose my number?
