I was having a similar problem when I read the following messages concerning the mouse. I ran XF86config and used /dev/psaux as my device file for my mouse. The error messages concerning the mouse were gone after that.
Thanks for your help. At 09:30 PM 8/17/2000 -0700, Trevor Ramoutar wrote: >So I installed Debian 2.2. Everything went well but after the installation >I'm at the prompt and I type in startx and I get: > >Fatal Server Error: >Cannot open mouse (no such file or directory) > >and I don't know what to do! Help! On Fri, 18 Aug 2000 11:27:45 +1000 John Griffiths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > for a ps2 mouse you need to have /dev/psaux when you run XF86config >