[Linux-disciples] (Breezy) X.org and /dev/input/mice

[Adam Rosi-Kessel]

On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 11:11:21PM -0400, Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 09:42:11AM -0400, Adam Rosi-Kessel wrote:
> > >>Have you tried
> > >>	mknod /dev/input/mice c 13 63
> > >>???
> [snip]
> > Actually, I just don't know, but that's what I've done in the past to
> > fix the problem.
> Oddly, here's what fixed the problem for me permanently, so
> that now I don't have to use the mknod trick: move the
> devmouse module from the beginning of /etc/modules to the
> end. Below is my /etc/modules. Any idea why this would fix
> the problem?

There is no such attachment.

The simplest explanation would be that devmouse creates the node, but
only if it can see the mouse, which requires some other drivers--perhaps
the USB subsystem, which is now loaded previously. That's just a guess.
-- 
Adam Rosi-Kessel
http://adam.rosi-kessel.org
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