[Linux-disciples] Keyboard and mouse cut out

[Stephen R Laniel]

On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 12:47:33PM -0400, Adam Kessel wrote:
> Are they USB or PS/2 devices?

USB trackball with a dongle to adapt it to a PS/2 port (the dongle came
with the trackball); PS/2 keyboard.

> Have you tried a more recent kernel? It would be worth trying with 2.4.22
> and/or 2.6.0test5.

That is a good plan. It's always tricky for me to figure out which
options to pick when upgrading the kernel; I wish I could somehow say,
"Just pick the same options as the kernel I already have," but it never
seems to be that easy.

> Also, do you see any messages in 'dmesg' or /var/log/XFree86.0.log (or
> syslog for that matter) around the time that the event occurs?

Nothing in dmesg. In the X log, there's

(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/mice
        No such device.
(EE) Generic Mouse: cannot open input device
(EE) PreInit failed for input device "Generic Mouse"
(II) UnloadModule: "mouse"

though it's not tagged with date or time information and it's actually
toward the end of the log; I suspect the stuff toward the end is from
the most recent period when it's been working correctly.

Nothing in syslog, as far as I can tell.

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