MDK9.1 deletes /dev/adbmouse on ibook2/ppc

From: SteveT (stnews8463_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 10/30/04

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    I'm running Mandrake 9.1 on an ibook2 (500Mhz). After running Mandrake
    Control Center's (mcc) mouse configuration tool to try to optimize the
    built in trackpad mouse, the mouse quit working; gpm quit immediately, X
    quit after X server restart. After checking some files in /etc and
    /dev, I determined that the device file for my mouse, /dev/adbmouse had
    been deleted. (Also /dev/mouse is a broken link to /dev/adbmouse).

    After consulting /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt, I found that
    /dev/adbmouse is a character device with major,minor 10,10. I used mknod
    to make this file again. But after I restarted gpm and X (via
    "/etc/init.d/gpm|dm restart") the mouse would not work. After I reboot
    the system /dev/adbmouse is once again missing. This problem was first
    created after running mcc. I suspect that devfs/devfsd may not be
    opperating properly, but I am getting in over my head and don't know
    where to go next. If you need more information than is provided below
    please let me know.

    The contents of /etc/sysconfig/mouse is:
            MOUSETYPE=Busmouse
            XMOUSETYPE=BusMouse
            FULLNAME="busmouse|1 button"
            XEMU3=yes
            WHEEL=no
            device=adbmouse

    A few exerpts from dmesg let me know if I should post the unabriged
    dmesg.
            input0: Macintosh mouse button emulation
            adb: starting probe task...
            mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
            adb devices: [2]: 2 c3 [3]: 3 1 [7]: 7 1f
            ADB keyboard at 2, handler 1
            Detected ADB keyboard, type ANSI.
            input1: ADB HID on ID 2:2.c3
            input2: ADB HID on ID 7:7.1f
            ADB mouse at 3, handler set to 4 (trackpad)
            input3: ADB HID on ID 3:3.01
            adb: finished probe task...

            Thanks in advance
    Steve

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