[Sheflug] /dev/mouse wierdness...

[Barrie Bremner <nospam [at] ecosse.net>]

Hi all,

Something wierd has happened. My Xserver refuses to start, giving the follow 
error under X 3.3.6

Cannot open mouse (not such device)

and something like

 /dev/mouse no such file

under X 4.01a.

 ls /dev/mouse finds /dev/mouse - it does exist. I've tried looking at the 
/etc/X11/XF86Config files, reinstalling the "dev" rpm and physically swapping 
mice out.

 No joy.

 I do not recall modifying any X settings before this happened.

 I did, however, build and boot to 2.4.0-test10-pre5 - which came up OK, no 
errors, and a functioning X system.
 After several reboots (I was messing around) things spontaneously died.

 I've tried booting 2.4.0-test10-pre3 which I ran for a few weeks with no 
hassles, but the same problem arises - I'm assuming that the kernel upgrade is 
not the problem.

 I am scuppered if I know what the cause is.

 Currently my machine is running well as init 3. Unfortunately, I like init 5. 
X is good (when I set it up right :-).

 Help, pleeeeeeeeease!

 Baz.

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