When upgrading from RedHat 9.0 to Fedora Core 2, there is a change made to /etc/X11/XF86Config. I don't know whether it changed with Core 1 or 2, as I skipped Core 1.
in the section "Input Device" there is a line,
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
To work in RedHat 9.0, this line must be changed to:
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
However, if you try reboot Fedora Core 2 after this, it gets quite heated. Makes several attempts to start X. then either in response to failing or my pressing some key (can't remember which) it provides me with access to the failure log, which after reading, it then shuts down the operating system.
The problem:
After attempting to install Fedora Core 2, and failing
I resorted to rebooting the RedHat 9.0/Linux 2.4
kernel, only to find that the mouse no longer works in
either "X" or on the virtual terminals; normally when
using VIM on a virtual terminal, if I knock the mouse a
block character appears and moves across the screen
appropriately - that no longer happens.
I've tried running "system-config-mouse" from a
terminal in "X", and quickly see two lines which look
like two lines from the boot messages, with the
coloured OK at the end (being colour-blind, I decided
not to cloud the issue with my guess at the colour).
The cursor symbol just sits in the middle of the screen
refusing to move.
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