On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 10:23:19AM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > modprobe psmouse > modprobe evdev
done and feature in outpuf of lsmod. > Then you can check the mice/mouse devices in /dev/input by running, e.g. > > cat /dev/input/mice | hd ################################################################## ibm2:/tmp# cat /dev/input/mice | hd cat: /dev/input/mice: No such device ibm2:/tmp# ls -l /dev/input/mice crw-rw---- 1 root root 13, 63 2005-02-26 06:43 /dev/input/mice ibm2:/tmp# ################################################################## > You can also use AllowMouseOpenFail (see "man xorg.conf") for now to > make X start without a mouse. This will at least tell you if the mouse > device is the only thing that is a problem at the moment. with this in place, I have no EE's, but in /var/log/Xorg.0.log I have: ################################################################## (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) FontPath is completely invalid. Using compiled-in default. (==) FontPath set to: /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc, /usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic, /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled, /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled, /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1, /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi, /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi, /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType (==) RgbPath set to "/etc/X11/rgb" (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" (**) Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true" (**) Option "AIGLX" "off" .... Synaptics DeviceInit called SynapticsCtrl called. Synaptics DeviceOn called (--) Synaptics Touchpad auto-dev sets device to /dev/input/event1 (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event1" (--) Synaptics Touchpad touchpad found Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc, removing from list! Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc, removing from list! Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic, removing from list! Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled, removing from list! Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled, removing from list! Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1, removing from list! Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1, removing from list! Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi, removing from list! Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi, removing from list! Could not init font path element /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType, removing from list! Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' ################################################################## My suspicions are that I am dealing with a partially installed system. Thanks Joe. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]