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#1 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 08:29 PM

This is one of some strange problem on my newly installed debian sarge, which i
can't get rid of, any help/hint/idea is appreciated.

Suddenly after some days of working ok the mouse was no longer recognized by
sistem. Close X,open X,reset PC,switch off and on PC, Nothing! X wont start
anymore giving 'no such device' error, the same if i do cat </dev/psaux: no
such device or address.
Mobo and mouse are ok because i tryed with a live distro and they work.
The workaround for now is: plugging an usb mouse...

Tia.

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RRB SoHE

#2 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 08:29 PM

RRB wrote:

> This is one of some strange problem on my newly installed debian sarge,
> which i can't get rid of, any help/hint/idea is appreciated.
>
> Suddenly after some days of working ok the mouse was no longer recognized
> by sistem. Close X,open X,reset PC,switch off and on PC, Nothing! X wont
> start
> anymore giving 'no such device' error, the same if i do cat </dev/psaux:
> no such device or address.
> Mobo and mouse are ok because i tryed with a live distro and they work.
> The workaround for now is: plugging an usb mouse...

Theory 1: Now is as good a time as any for you to stop logging on a root.
Root logons should only be used for occasional brief maintenance, not
full-time.

Theory 2: You may have changed the contents of your X configuration file,
which goes under different names in different distributions. Do you have a
backup of the original?

--
Paul Lutus
http://www.arachnoid.com

#3 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 08:30 PM

On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 11:14:55 +0200, RRB
<rrb@despammed.com> wrote:
> This is one of some strange problem on my newly installed debian sarge, which i
> can't get rid of, any help/hint/idea is appreciated.
>
> Suddenly after some days of working ok the mouse was no longer recognized by
> sistem. Close X,open X,reset PC,switch off and on PC, Nothing! X wont start
> anymore giving 'no such device' error, the same if i do cat </dev/psaux: no
> such device or address.

What if you do ls -l /dev/psaux? It should look like this:
crw------- 1 root root 10, 1 2004-05-05 02:01 /dev/psaux

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#4 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 08:31 PM

Bill Marcum wrote:
....
>>Suddenly after some days of working ok the mouse was no longer recognized by
>>sistem. Close X,open X,reset PC,switch off and on PC, Nothing! X wont start
>>anymore giving 'no such device' error, the same if i do cat </dev/psaux: no
>>such device or address.
>
>
> What if you do ls -l /dev/psaux? It should look like this:
> crw------- 1 root root 10, 1 2004-05-05 02:01 /dev/psaux
>

This is my output:
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 10, 1 Jul 31 07:27 /dev/psaux

May it be a udev problem?
Somebody told me that some software installing could have messed up something
with modules and/or /dev directory.

--
Assioma di Baskerwill: Se fai retromarcia, qualcuno passera' dietro.

RRB SoHE

#5 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 08:31 PM

On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 11:14:55 +0200, RRB wrote:

> This is one of some strange problem on my newly installed debian sarge,
> which i can't get rid of, any help/hint/idea is appreciated.
>
> Suddenly after some days of working ok the mouse was no longer
> recognized by sistem. Close X,open X,reset PC,switch off and on PC,
> Nothing! X wont start anymore giving 'no such device' error, the same
> if i do cat </dev/psaux: no such device or address.
> Mobo and mouse are ok because i tryed with a live distro and they work.
> The workaround for now is: plugging an usb mouse...
>
> Tia.

Having the exact same problem over here. Running debian sarge and
installed kernel 2.6.7 earlier today. It worked at first but after making
some changes and rebooting i get "/dev/psaux no such device" when trying
to start x. gpm doesnt work either. usb works fine which is ok by me but
im still curious as to how this could be fixed.

#6 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 08:31 PM

On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 05:08:12 GMT, henry farbles
<farbles@farblonium.com> wrote:
>
> Having the exact same problem over here. Running debian sarge and
> installed kernel 2.6.7 earlier today. It worked at first but after making
> some changes and rebooting i get "/dev/psaux no such device" when trying
> to start x. gpm doesnt work either. usb works fine which is ok by me but
> im still curious as to how this could be fixed.

With a 2.6 kernel, you can use /dev/input/mice whether your mouse is
PS/2 or USB.

--
If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests? (Think about it)

#7 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 08:32 PM

Bill Marcum wrote:
> On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 05:08:12 GMT, henry farbles
> <farbles@farblonium.com> wrote:
>
>>Having the exact same problem over here. Running debian sarge and
>>installed kernel 2.6.7 earlier today. It worked at first but after making
>>some changes and rebooting i get "/dev/psaux no such device" when trying
>>to start x. gpm doesnt work either. usb works fine which is ok by me but
>>im still curious as to how this could be fixed.
>
>
> With a 2.6 kernel, you can use /dev/input/mice whether your mouse is
> PS/2 or USB.
>
>

Yes, that 'fix' worked for me too, i have a logitech usb mouse, that was
connected thru an usb/ps2 adaptor. Removing the adaptor was the solution.
But the problem remains.
Why if works for a few days and then suddenly stops?
Which manouver (apt-get or other?) broke it?

Is there a story or log in debian of apt-get and dpkg execution? This could help
figure it out.

p.s. i have 3 other strange problems with this debian installation that i
attribute to modules. 1=parport_pc not loaded,2=alsa not loaded
correctly,3=smbfs module loaded but no mount possible.
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Assioma di Baskerwill: Se fai retromarcia, qualcuno passera' dietro.

RRB SoHE

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