[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I am able to get into X by running "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" > and choosing "vesa" video driver, > Ah, so your earlier suspicion that your woes were caused by video driver issues was correct, notwithstanding my suggestion to tackle the mouse issue first, which, by the log and symptoms described below, is also an issue.
> then manually selecting the mouse as gpm. It will go into X but > there is no mouse movement. > Here might be a good time to repeat one of my favorite X tricks. If you have a full-size keyboard with a separate number pad, you can use the number pad as a mouse in these types of situation. To turn on the feature, press Shift-NumLock. You'll probably hear a beep. To turn off the feature, press Shift-NumLock again. You'll probably again hear a beep. While in this mode, the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 keys are direction keys, moving your mouse pointer in that direction. The 5 key is a "click" key. The /, *, and - keys modify the click key to be left click, middle click, and right click. The 0 key is a "click-and-hold"; the Del key is a "release hold". > In effect it's useless, but seems like it's progress. > > I have the logfile here, it is huge so I only included what seems > to apply to the mouse: > > Configured Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/mice" > (**) Configured Mouse: Protocol: "ImPS/2" > (**) Option "CorePointer" > (**) Configured Mouse: Core Pointer > (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/mice > No such device. > (EE) Configured Mouse: cannot open input device > (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Configured Mouse" > (II) UnloadModule: "mouse" > (WW) No core pointer registered > As others have pointed out, you may have an issue with udev or hotplug. I'm afraid I'm too ignorant of these "newfangled" ways of doing things. I'd just manually modprobe interesting modules, until the mouse started working (again, here's a benefit of gpm; it's a lot faster to restart gpm to test the mouse than it is to start and kill X.) Some of the more interesting modules might be mousedev and usbmouse. So, # modprobe mousedev # modprobe usbmouse Does "cat /dev/input/mice" produce garbage now? If so, add these two module names to "/etc/modules". Likely, those people who understand udev/hotplug will say this isn't the way to do it, and if they want to educate me about udev, I'd love to see a short explanation about what it is and what it replaces/obsoletes, and be thus educated. But this method should do in the meanwhile. -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]