[Linux-disciples] USB Mouse

[Stephen R Laniel]

On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 12:53:34AM -0400, Brian Cooke wrote:
> xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/mice
>    No such device.
> 
> Something I saw via google suggested that I may need to do "insmod 
> input" first, but when I tried that, I got:
> 
> "insmod: input: no module by that name found"

I had a similar problem. I assume what you're getting is
that GNOME or KDE or whatnot tries to start, and it can't,
and eventually you get a message asking you if you'd like to
look in the X error log? Then the 'Cannot open device' error
appears in the X log?

I had to turn off my machine for one reason or another a
couple nights ago, and when I restarted it the next morning
I got the error above. I googled a bit and discovered that I
needed to add 'mousedev' and 'psmouse' to /etc/modules.
Adding those lines creates /dev/psaux, I believe. Once that
device existed, X started normally.

So see if that helps you: do 'modprobe mousedev' and
'modprobe psmouse', and see if that helps. If it does, add
'mousedev' and 'psmouse' to /etc/modules.

This may not be entirely appropriate, however, since you're
talking about a USB mouse and I'm using a PS/2 mouse. But it
might be on the right track.

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