Ruse, Kevin KPSI on 26 Jan 2005 17:39:30 -0000


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RE: [PLUG] kernel 2.6 and /dev/psaux



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From: plug-bounces@lists.phillylinux.org
[mailto:plug-bounces@lists.phillylinux.org] On Behalf Of
Jeff Abrahamson
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 10:48 AM
To: PLUG
Subject: [PLUG] kernel 2.6 and /dev/psaux

> I just upgraded to kernel 2.6.8 from 2.4.27.  But now I
> can't use X. The issue is that /dev/mouse isn't a valid
> device.  Currently 
> it points to /dev/psaux.
> 
> Googling (in console-mode) I found that many people found
> that there troubles ended with
> 
>     ln -s /dev/input/mice /dev/mouse
> 
> But /dev/input does not exist on my machine.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 

Well can't you change your X config to use the /dev/input/mice instead?
After a quick scan through mine I see both being referenced as
InputDevices. What version of X are you using?


Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Configured Mouse"
        Driver          "mouse"
        Option          "CorePointer"
        Option          "Device"                "/dev/psaux"
        Option          "Protocol"              "PS/2"
        Option          "Emulate3Buttons"       "true"
        Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Generic Mouse"
        Driver          "mouse"
        Option          "SendCoreEvents"        "true"
        Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
        Option          "Protocol"              "ImPS/2"
        Option          "Emulate3Buttons"       "true"
        Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
EndSection

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