Hi,
I just had this problem after I reinstalled woody on my system. previously, I had the same problem with my mouse not working on startx
but I managed to correct it though it slipped my mind somehow. anyways, my XF86Config file says my input devices are /dev/psaux and /dev/input/mice.
However if I cat either of the file and start clicking away, there is no change in the file (I tried this on a SW Live distro and it worked there.
so if my mouse is not writing to either of the two device files, what should I do? I also checked the other /dev/input/ mouse files and they say no device..
The problem may be with your test rather than your mouse. I tried to duplicate it here -- testing my mouse on a Debian-Sid system -- and could not. That is, my mouse works fine in X, accessed through /dev/psaux ... but if I try either "cat /dev/psaux" or "cat </dev/psaux" and "click away", I too get nothing on the screen (I assume that's what you meant by "there is no change in the file").
I don't know *why* Debian and Slack seem to act differently with respect to this test, but apparently they do.
So ... you might do better by focusing directly on the X problem.
Are there any messages of interest in X's output to STDERR?
In X, what exactly does "my mouse not working" mean ... does the mouse pointer simply not show up at all, or does it show up but move erratically in response to mouse movement? Or something else?
Do you possibly have gdm (the mouse app for consoles) running? If so, kill it ... it often interferes with access to the mouse by X.
What happens if you eliminate the reference to /dev/input/mouse in (I suppose) /etc/X11/XF86Config-4? Leave just the one to /dev/psaux .
Am I correct in assuming that you have a PS/2 mouse? It normally uses the /dev/psaux device ... I'm not sure if /dev/input/mouse also accesses this physical device. If you have a different type of mouse (serial, USB), please tell us what it is. All my earlier suggestions assume you are using a PS/2 mouse.
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