Hi, I am a bit lost on this thread, but the problem here may be similar to mine.
It seems that my mouse PS/2 mouse is detected by the system allways, but kernels 2.4.8 and 2.4.13, with or without devfs, trick gpm and Xwindows with mouse detection. XWindows: after bootup in init mode 5 everything works but the mouse. I go to a text console and back to the X Windows and muose comes back. (If, while in text mode, I tried cat /dev/psaux I would see the expected 'rubbish' on the screen when I move the mouse.) gpm: complaints while booting up saing that /dev/psaux is not there, but works just fine if I do /etc/init.d/gpm start later, once the system is booted up completely. Mandrake 8.1 installation: cat /dev/psaux worked from the begining and I have mouse after the mouse selection step. It seemed that Mandrake 8.1 wanted me to have a serial mouse. Strange cause M8.0 used my ps2 from the begining of the set up. Do you know what can be the reason for this strange behavior? Is it realted with the problems described here? As you see, my mouse works, it is just a bit annoying having to 'trick' the system everytime I want gpm or login into X Windows. Thanks in advance! Jose El Jueves 01 Noviembre 2001 23:47, etharp escribi�: > could it be the USB ? the different kernals handle USB slightly > differently. can you turn off usb in BIOS? > > n Tuesday 30 October 2001 01:13, you had thoughts to the concept of: > > Hi Jose, > > > > >There has GOT to be something wrong with your PS/2 port or I/O chipset. > > > > > >Linux never fails to find the PSAUX port like it's doing on yours AFAIK. > > > > > >Why not try a serial port instead? > > > > Yes, good idea. > > > > - Run mouseconfig > > - Reboot PC. At exiting, PC hanged with the usual warning pop-up > > - Force reset the PC. Mouse is working now > > > > However I still could not understand what mistake I have committed in the > > past. Mandrake-Linux 7.2 runs perfectly in the same PC with the same > > BIOS setting, but Mandrake-Linux 8.1 can't. > > > > Throughout these 2 week test my target is solely to find out the cause > > incidental thereto eabling other guys on the list not falling into the > > same pitfall. > > > > Anyhow I am in debt to your effort providing me continuous support as > > well as to other guys setting their hands in responding my postings. > > > > B.R. > > Stephen Liu > > > > >|-----Original Message----- > > >|From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >|[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Stephen Liu > > >|Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 9:25 PM > > >|To: Paul Cox > > >|Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >|Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake-Linux 8.1 installation problem > > >| > > >| > > >|Hi Paul, > > >| > > >|Thanks for your advice. > > >| > > >|>Try this (as root obviously =) : > > >|> > > >|>rm -fr /lib/dev-state/* > > >|>rm -fr /dev/* (ignore any errors because of files in use) > > >| > > >|Tried according to your advice. > > >| > > >|At reboot the PC hanged, screen turning blank (only dark > > >|screen), forcing > > >|me to reset the PC. > > >| > > >|Mandrake-Linux 8.1 re-started but the mouse still died. > > >| > > >|Re-booted second time. PC still hanged with the same warning > > >|as follow: ....... ........ /dev/pasux : no such device or > > >|address ......... > > >| > > >| > > >|Tried second time > > >| > > >| > > >|rm -fr /lib/dev-state/* > > >| > > >|rm : cannot remove '/lib/dev-state/vcs4' : Input/Output error > > >| > > >| > > >|rm -fr /dev/* > > >|same error messages as in the 1st round as follows : > > >| > > >|rm : cannot remove directory '/dev/md' Directory not empty > > >|rm : canot unlink '/dev/pts/0' : operation not permitted > > >|..... etc. > > >| > > >|At reboot the PC hanged, screen turning black. Force re-set > > >|brought back > > >|Mandrake-Linux 8.1 but the mouse still died. > > >| > > >|B.R. > > >|Stephen Liu > > ---------------------------------------- > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; name="message.footer" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > Content-Description: > ----------------------------------------
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