[plug] Sarge installation problem

[Ashley Jennings]

A couple of possible solutions

seeing if your mouse on psaux by changing to

     Option          "Device"                "/dev/psaux"

in your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 or /etc/X11/xorg.conf


a workaround in X ( which will allow mouse to be used in console also
) is to install the General Purpose Mouse Interface with

# apt-get install gpm

and then use the mouse data from

     Option          "Device"                "/dev/gpmdata"

I've not tried using gpmdata in X so YMMV .


Ashley
http://gumnut.sf.net


PS    to anyone translating unfamiliar acronyms like YMMV. It is
easier with a program called "wtf" which exists in the bsdgames
package on Debian.
usage is

$ wtf ymmv
YMMV: your mileage may vary



On 05/12/05, Jon  Miller <jlmiller at mmtnetworks.com.au> wrote:
> I've installed Debian Sarge as a desktop on a PC and whenever it boots I cannot get the X system to start.  I use this system on a MyHopper KVM 2-PC unit switch box.
> Some of the errors I get are as follows:
> (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/mice
>  No such device.
> (EE) Configured Mouse: cannot open input device
> (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Configured Mouse"
>
> I'm using a MS Wheel Optical Mouse which I've tried using both as a PS/2 and USB.
>
> Any ideal what I've done wrong?
>
> Jon
>
>
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