[SlugBug] [HELP] dead debian X mouse

[Paul Arzul]

On Thu 14-Aug-2003 at 06:27:18PM +0100, Alex Hudson wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-08-14 at 18:12, Paul Arzul wrote:
> > workstation, although the install instructions i compiled are a mile
> > long (little hardware is correctly autodetected/setup).
> 
> apt-get install discover read-edid mdetect

thanks.


> That will lead to more instability, not less. The correct way to pull
> from unstable/testing is to 'pin' packages, but I don't recommend it.
> Running a mix is never a good idea though.

(i was 'pinning' it.)


> Which kernel are you running? What type of mouse is it - ps2? usb?

stock from cd install (2.4.18-bf2.4). it's a standard ps2 mouse.


> Install the above and see what words of wisdom are issued when you run
> 'mdetect' as root. Ensure X isn't running at the time, even if the mouse
> is 'dead'.

no output. verbose output gives:

The mouse police never sleep.
Found the following devices:
/dev/psaux
/dev/ttyS1
/dev/ttyS0

any more ideas? i'm ready to do a redhat install at this point. :(

- p