[Techtalk] Upgrading to kernel 2.6-test4 mouse problem

[nereid at speakeasy.net]

You might need devfsd.  I had the same problem when I turned on devfs in the kernel for the first time.  devfsd maps the old device names to the devfs device names (via links it creates at boot).

Hope this helps,
Stephan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bud [mailto:bud at babytux.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 06:41 AM
> To: techtalk at linuxchix.org
> Subject: [Techtalk] Upgrading to kernel 2.6-test4 mouse problem
> 
> Hi,
> 
>  One of my friends upgraded to kernel 2.6-test4 on debian (using SID) and 
> eveything boots fine except X fails to start because it says opening 
> /dev/mouse failed. For some reason the mouse device doesnt seem to get 
> detected with the new kernel and changing to /dev/psaux or /dev/input/mice 
> didnt work on XFree86Config file. Tried changing the protocol to PS/2 and 
> IMPS/2 still no luck.
> 
> Has anyone come across this problem? Thanks in advance
> 
> Bud
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