On 9/6/2005 6:08 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 01:11:44PM -0700, Drew Tomlinson wrote
I can't start xorg as /dev/input/mouse0 doesn't exist. I used to
have this working with the same hardware and don't recall making any
changes. What things must be loaded or what should I check to get
my mouse detected? I'm using 2.6.11 kernel with udev. Nudges to
an appropriate web page are welcome. I have been unsuccessful
with Google.
Plan a) Does gpm work in text mode? If yes, "cat /etc/conf.d/gpm"
and see what device it lists as being used.
Thanks for your reply. I don't have gpm installed.
Plan b) Start off with the command "ls -al -R /dev > list.txt" and
view list.txt with your favourite editor or file-viewer.
Look under "/dev/input". Also check for "/dev/mouse" or
"/dev/mice" or "/dev/psaux" or "/dev/misc/". You should find
something somewhere.
I'm not exactly sure what I should be looking for. I use this box to
run MythTV. I know /dev/input/mouse0 used to exist and work. I've been
away for 6 weeks. At one point while I was gone, the power went out at
home. However today when I tried to get the system up and running, I
booted, Xorg started, and MythTV started. I used a utility (as I have
in the past) called nvtv to adjust the screen position. When using
this, I set something wrong (as I have in the past) and the screen was
no longer viewable via SVGA on my TV. As I've done previously, I used
ssh from another computer and issued a 'shutdown -r now'. Ever since
that reboot, xorg complains about /dev/input/mouse0 not being there.
Here's the items I have from your suggestions:
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Sep 6 06:16 /dev/misc
crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 1 Sep 6 06:16 psaux
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Sep 6 06:16 /dev/input
crw-r--r-- 1 root root 13, 63 Sep 6 06:16 mice
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 6 06:16 /dev/psaux -> misc/psaux
Does any of this make sense?
Thanks for your help.
Drew
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