Mark Hobley wrote:

> I am running Gentoo using udev to manage devices. My computer is a
> generic IBM compatible computer using an ATX type motherboard with a
> PS/2 mouse attached to a port on the motherboard.
>
> lsmod reveals:
>
> psmouse 14920 0
>
> However, I do not appear to have any mouse device listed in /dev
>
> ls /dev/psaux
> ls: cannot access /dev/psaux: No such file or directory
>
> ls /dev/mouse
> ls: cannot access /dev/mouse: No such file or directory
>
> ls /dev/input/mice
> ls: cannot access /dev/input/mice: No such file or directory
>
> Have I forgotten to configure something?

As /udev/ has already been on the block for a couple of years, I'd doubt
that it would be a goof-up by the Gentoo developers in the /udev/ scripts -
it cannot be excluded as a possibility, but I deem it unlikely - so a few
other things need to be looked at first. ;-)

The most obvious question would be whether you have /sysfs/ mounted on
*/sys.* Normally, the answer would be yes, since */dev,* /sysfs/
and /procfs/ are mounted by the /init/ scripts in Gentoo - I believe I got
this information from Art Hagen. ;-)

The next thing to check is your kernel configuration. I'm not sure exactly
where in the configuration the pertaining options are to be found, but you
should double-check your Input/Output sections and Human Input Devices
(HID).

There is also an option there to create a */dev/psaux* character device, and
my guess is that you've forgotten to say "Y" there.

Just my 2 Eurocents, but that should be better than if they were US
Dollarcents at this moment in time.

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Aragorn
(registered GNU/Linux user #223157)