I was on the list trying to get any help on a USB Logitech mouse I was
trying to install. I got a lot of support. I bought the Debian CDs
(because I don't have a burner or a fast connection) as Woody 3.0
Official's. I am not actually aware of what kernel these CDs run. Some of
the suggestions I got included recompiling the kernel, which I have never
done before, and am not too sure about. Others involved installing one of
these two packages:
hotplug
usbmgr
Now I tried both, with the usbmgr I was supposed to check /proc/interrupts,
and look for an ohci or uhci, but I couldn't find any of those entries, so
in order to avoide screwing up yet another installation, I decided to try
the hotplug solution. It seemed easy enough, but I couldn't get that to
work either. I tried installing gpm to just test the mouse without getting
X involved, but I couldn't get that going either. This is my XF86Config-4
file if anyone cares to take a gander:
I use xf86config to make the XF86Config file. This is because I have a
weird old-school monitor that runs at 56hz at 800x600 only, and has fixed
frequencies and resolutions. For some reason, xf86config seems to be the
only X config tool that I have been able to get it to work with, this is the
error I get when attempting to load it:
(==) S3VIRGE(0): Backing Store Disabled
(==) S3VIRGE(0): Silken Mouse Enabled
(**) Mouse1: Protocol: "ImPS/2"
(**) Mouse1: Core Pointer
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/mice
No Such Device
(EE) Mouse1: cannot open input device
(EE) PreInit failed for input device "Mouse1"
(II) Keyboard "Keyboard1" handled by legacy driver
(WW) No core pointer registered
No Core Pointer
fatal server error:
failed to initialize core devices
And here is the Input Device part of my XF86Config file:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
EndSection
The hotplug package is currently installed, and so is the gpm package.
These are the packages strait of the 7CD set. I can't get gpm to work
either, maybe that would be a goood precursor to making sure X worked?
Additionally, I don't know how to re-use the debian config that I did during
installation to reconfigure X, which is another reason I used xf86config.
Everybody was so helpful yesterday, so thank you. I am really hoping I can
find a resolution to this soon. Thanks.
Rick
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