RE: 2.6 upgrade (mouse)

From: Brian Corman (bwc2001_at_columbia.edu)
Date: 01/31/04

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Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 17:58:36 -0800

    Sorry about the lack of information. It is a ps/2 mouse, and lsmod doesn't
    return any mouse related modules. I checked the Debian documentation on
    mouse configuration, and it indicates that I should have a
    /etc/sysconfig/mouse file, but the sysconfig directory doesn't exist. Is
    that for an old configuration? I also can't check lsmod on the 2.4 kernel;
    it won't boot for some reason.

    Changing the device in the xconfiguration from /dev/psaux to /dev/ttySx
    causes the mouse to respond, but it adheres to the top right corner of the
    screen.

    Thanks for the help.

    Brian

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Kent West [mailto:westk@acu.edu]
    Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 6:57 AM
    To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
    Subject: Re: 2.6 upgrade

    Brian Corman wrote:

    > I upgraded to the testing 2.6 kernel, and my mouse is now frozen. Any
    > advice?
    >
    You're probably missing a module ("driver") for your mouse. You don't
    give us much info; is it a USB mouse? a serial mouse? a ps/2 mouse?

    Assuming you still have your older kernel, boot into it, then do an
    "lsmod" and compare that output to an "lsmod" while booted into 2.6.
    That might give you a clue as to which module(s) you're missing. Then
    you can "modprobe <missing_module>". 

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Kent
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