Mouse do not work since upgrade from Debian Sarge to Etch (Xfree86config-4 to Xorg)

[francky_35]

hello all
i migrated my sarge to Etch this week
but now, unfortunatly, my mouse do not work anymore .
Before, with Xfree86 it was working well and was detected as PS2 using /dev/psaux .
My mouse is a PS2 MS mouse (2 buttons) . very classical .
Now with Xorg mouse is also set as PS2 /dev/psaux but during Gdm launch it does not work :

tail -20 /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(**) Configured Mouse: Protocol: "PS/2"
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Configured Mouse: Core Pointer
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/psaux
No such device.
(EE) Configured Mouse: cannot open input device
(EE) PreInit failed for input device "Configured Mouse"
(II) UnloadModule: "mouse"
(WW) No core pointer registered
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Generic Keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD)
xkb_keycodes { include "xfree86+aliases(azerty)" };
xkb_types { include "complete" };
xkb_compatibility { include "complete" };
xkb_symbols { include "pc(pc105)+fr" };
xkb_geometry { include "pc(pc105)" };
No core pointer

Fatal server error:
failed to initialize core devices

I tried to use all different configs as /dev/input/mice , /dev/input/mouse0 & 1 etc ... PS2, ImPS/2 etc ...
But no are working .
Gdm do not want to start .
the only time when Gdm started was when i choose /dev/ttyS0 and Auto or Microsoft but the cursor is not working when i use the mouse .

here is the mouse found by the OS :
dmesg | grep -i mouse
input: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse on isa0060/serio1

it is curious that the OS find a serial mouse

thanks for your help

[Vergil83]

You might trying installing/running the little program mdetect. It is good at find mice and giving their name.

[francky_35]

You might trying installing/running the little program mdetect. It is good at find mice and giving their name.

hello
thanks for the tips
i performed that but without any success .

mdetect (mdetect_0.5.2.1_i386.deb) does not detect anything

moreover it is working for Xfree only . not for Xorg :
mdetect --help
mdetect: invalid option -- -
Usage: mdetect [-hnrvox]
-h display this help message and exit
-n do not search for PnP (Plug 'n' Play) mice
-r [not yet implemented]
-v be verbose; re-use for increasing verbosity
-o produce output appropriate for XFree86 3.x configuration
-x produce output appropriate for XFree86 4.x configuration

[antidrugue]

You might want to run:

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

to correct the "Device" value of your mouse, after you verified which device it effectively uses:

cat /proc/bus/input/devices

[francky_35]

cat /proc/bus/input/devices
I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0001 Product=0001 Version=ab41
N: Name="AT Translated Set 2 keyboard"
P: Phys=isa0060/serio0/input0
H: Handlers=kbd
B: EV=120003
B: KEY=4 2000000 3802078 f840d001 f2ffffdf ffefffff ffffffff fffffffe
B: LED=7

I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0005 Version=0000
N: Name="ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse"
P: Phys=isa0060/serio1/input0
H: Handlers=
B: EV=7
B: KEY=70000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B: REL=103

[antidrugue]

I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0005 Version=0000
N: Name="ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse"
P: Phys=isa0060/serio1/input0
H: Handlers=
B: EV=7
B: KEY=70000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B: REL=103

No "handlers" for the mouse? Weird.

Verify that the module "psmouse" is loaded:

modprobe psmouse

[francky_35]

lsmod | grep psmouse
psmouse 20232 0