RE: etch upgrade problem

Andrei Popescu <mailto:andreimpopescu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote on Tuesday, April
10, 2007 2:54 AM -0500:

"Seth Goodman" <sethg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Fatal server error:
failed to initialize core devices
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
X cannot find your mouse. Try another device instead of
/dev/psaux. I have /dev/input/mice

Same result.

Have a look for errors in dmesg. I have this:

~# dmesg | grep mice
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice

No mouse errors in dmesg. In fact, here is the mouse detection line:

input: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse on isa0060/serio1


The mouse is in fact an intellimouse PS/2. The terminal interface can
use the mouse (aptitude, for example) but X doesn't find it, even though
xserver-xorg-input-mouse is installed.

X is also unable to install the "savage" module for my vga card, even
though the terminal interface can use the card and
xserver-xorg-video-savage is installed.

My apt sources list points to stable, not etch (which is how I got here
through Synaptic). That shouldn't be an issue, right?


P.S. I have a feeling this is rather related to udev, modules, ... Did
you try using a different mouse?

No, I haven't, it's the only non-USB mouse I have left. This is the
same PS/2 mouse that Sarge detected properly on this same hardware. In
fact, all the hardware is the same as for my last Sarge install.

In another thread, someone suggested "dpkg-reconfigure udev" for other
hardware detection problems, so I tried it. That refuses to run because
it wants a more recent kernel.

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Seth Goodman


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