no X after sarge-to-etch upgrade

[memius]

I upgraded from sarge to etch on a mac mini powerpc. After the reboot, Xwindows doesn't work.

I have tried dpkg-reconfigure -a xserver-xorg, which was recommended somewhere, but X still won't start.

During boot, I am told that udev would not start because it required a newer kernel. I installed the latest kernel with headers (2.6.17-powerpc), and it still doesn't work.

I am also told during boot that there is no mouse driver. When I check mousedev with modprobe, I am told there is no mousedev. How do I install it?

While I am trying to fix this, it would be nice to know how to jump between ttys when there is no window manager, and how to browse web pages without X.

Any input is appreciated!

[bigtomrodney]

Did you try evdev for the mouse? What way did you upgrade? was it an apt-get upgrade or dist-upgrade?

[memius]

haven't tried edev. will try.

i used aptitude update, followed by aptitude dist-upgrade.

[burakerenn]

try them;
cat /dev/input/mice
cat /dev/psaux
cat /dev/ttyS0
cat /dev/ttyS1
cat /dev/ttyS2

if they`re true, when you make some movements with your mouse, something will appear.

If it brings nothing try this:
#modconf
go to kernel/drivers/input/mouse
activate your mouse (if it`s ps2 it will be psaux)
(maybe remove and activate again will work)

and if it brings nothing try this;
#vi /etc/modules
add "mousedev" here. And for ps2 mouses add "psmouse" too. I don`t know about usbs.
#reboot

It worked at 3rd for me. Good luck.