[This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dave Walker wrote: > The Problem: > > When I run X (startx) from any user account, it begins, loads Gnome (just > today downloaded it) but the mouse does not move. I found out that <Ctrl> ><Alt> <Backspace> quits X, thankfully, so I can return to the command line. > > My Analysis, such as it is: > > I have run dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 many times to check the mouse > settings, and everything looks fine. If I look at the file: > > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 it shows two entries for "mouse" one after the other > as below...........................
Are you installing Sarge 3.1 or Etch 4.0? My mouse broke when I moved to Etch, and replaced XFree86 with Xorg. Solution was to install the "hal" and "xserver-xorg-input-mouse" packages. Cameron -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]