[snip]
> Have you checked in /var/log for a file called XFree86.n.log, where 'n'
> equals your display number (probably zero)? That file should give you
> some clues as to what's wrong.
Yeah I looked at that log file it says basically the /dev/mouse does not exist
yet I did absolutely not one thing with the mouse and have done nothing with
the mouse in a long, long time. I even rebooted recently about a week ago
when I did an "emerge -u system" after an "emerge rsync".
Other than that I didn't do anything unusual on my system that I am aware of.
Here is the output from the XFree86.0.log file - at least the last 10/20 lines
or so...
----------------------------------------------------------------
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Mouse0: Core Pointer
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/mouse
No such file or directory.
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/mouse
No such file or directory.
(EE) Mouse0: cannot open input device
(EE) PreInit failed for input device "Mouse0"
(II) UnloadModule: "mouse"
(II) Keyboard "Keyboard0" handled by legacy driver
(WW) No core pointer registered
No core pointer
Fatal server error:
failed to initialize core devices
--------------------------------------------------------------------
And here is the relevant section from inside my /etc/X11/XF86Config file...
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
-------------------------------------------------------------------
I added the PS/2 thinking that the protocol got messed up somehow but it was
just an empty string. Adding the PS/2 made no difference.
Any suggestions or hints as to where I should look further?
Carlos
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