On Thu, 2005-06-16 at 13:22 -0400, Don Levey wrote: > I don't see this in any of the recent messages, nor in the release notes, so > if this is an issue upgrading from FC2 (as opposed to an issue upgrading TO > FC4) I'd be happy to know. In particular, pointers to further info would be > appreciated. > > That said, the upgrade/install seemed to finish without errors. However, > upon restart X would not start for init level 5. I am able to login and run > via level 3 (to which it defaulted when level 5 failed). I received errors > for both the display, and the mouse. Running the X config program failed to > auto-detect, though the mouse was registered properly (until the next time). > > The display error I seemed to get was (from /var/log/Xorg.0.log): > "**) Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" > (**) Mouse1: Device: "/dev/mouse" > (**) Mouse1: Protocol: "ImPS/2" > (**) Option "CorePointer" > (**) Mouse1: Core Pointer > (**) Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" > (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/mouse > No such file or directory. > (EE) Mouse1: cannot open input device > (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Mouse1" > (II) UnloadModule: "mouse" > ... > No core pointer > > Fatal server error: > failed to initialize core devices" > > There is indeed no file /dev/mouse. There are two: mouse0 and mouse1. The > wiki at X.org says to rerun the X config program, but as above this doesn't > seem to help. > > At the moment I am hampered by the fact that the machine is at home and I am > at work, so that while I have command-line access I do not have physical > access until tonight. Any suggestions on how I can test to see if the > server will start correctly, remotely, would be welcome. Yes, I know that I > can > set Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "1" in my xorg.conf file - but there must > be a better way. In case this helps, this a Microsoft Tracball mouse. > > My xorg.conf file has the following for the pointer: > Section "InputDevice" > > # Identifier and driver > > Identifier "Mouse1" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" > > Should I simply change the device from /dev/mouse to /dev/mouse1? Can it > really be that simple? > > I can post other logs/config files if they would be of help. Thanks in > advance for any help, > -Don Levey > Try /dev/input/mice. Bob...
