On Thursday 20 November 2003 11:02 pm, Carlos C. Gonzalez wrote:
> [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
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier and driver
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
# Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Here's my mouse section The only thing I'm seeing is that I have the
line: # Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" commented and the line:
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" added. Worth a try?
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Regards, Ernie
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