[wellylug] ltsp: cannot open devices '/dev/psaux' '/dev/mouse'

[Enkidu]

On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 13:40:40 +1300, you wrote:

>Hi, logging in as a user on the server I was given the choice an X or 
>Gnome setup. I chose X and the mouse started to work intermittently and 
>then died. Worse, when I rebooted into into the XP partition it was also 
>stuck firmly in the center of the screen.
>
>Error messages include '(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device 
>/dev/psaux, No such device'  and '(EE) xf86OpenSerial: cannot open 
>device /dev/mouse, No such file or directory'. The /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 
>looks OK, but I'm not sure if I should be looking for a 
>/tmp/XF86Config-4 file. My current /tmp does not contain one. Looking at 
>the filesystem, /dev/psaux exists, but /dev/mouse does not.  Output from 
>/etc/X11/XF86Config-4 includes "(EE) PreInit failed for input device 
>'Generic Mouse' (II) Unload Module: 'mouse' (WW) No core pointer 
>registered. No core pointer."  I am writing this on the client machine. 
>Any ideas ?
>This IntelliMouse has been good to me for a long time.
>
>Adam Bogacki,
>afb at paradise.net.nz
>
If it breaks on XP also, I'd say that it was possibly a hardware
failure.

Cheers,

Cliff

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