[wellylug] Xorg --> 'No Core Pointer' ?

[Adam Bogacki]

Wellyluggers, having lost cursor function and sound, Google led me to someone
who solved a similar problem via 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg' and
adding psmouse and mousedev to /etc/modules .. strictly in that order.

I tried the same, but with less success .. 

Initially, an error message told me that /dev/mouse could not be found,
as specified in /etc/X11/xorg.conf

[I seem to remember that /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 contained two paragraphs
on the mouse specifying it as both /dev/psaux and /dev/mouse]

Someone suggested changing /dev/mouse in /etc/X11/xorg.conf to 
/dev/input/mice .. so I did. 

Next I tried 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg' but whether it was
/dev/mouse, /dev/input/mice, or /dev/psaux in the only mouse defining
paragraph it contains, X refused to load with variations on the theme .. 

(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/mice 
     No Such Device 
(EE) Configured Mouse: Cannot open input device
(EE) PreInit failed for input device "Configured Mouse"
(II) Unload module "mouse"
(WW) No core pointer registered
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Generic Keyboard" (types
KEYB ..
(EE) Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap.

No Core Pointer

Fatal Server Error: failed to initialise core devices

.. which has led me to rediscover the utility of text-based apps
such as mutt, lynx, and snownews.

One complication may be that I originally configured
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4 on an MS IntelliMouse but have since switched
to an A4TECH wireless optical mouse, model RFSOP-48 (RP-648), in which the 
receiver acts as a battery (re)charger. It works on my seldom-used XP drive.

I modprobed psmouse and mousedev, but can only find psmouse (of the
two) in /etc/modules.

I went through this what seems like a long time ago with
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and it seems strange having to do it again.

I attach the last  part of /var/log/Xorg.0/log .. there has to be a simple way
to get the core pointer and X server working again.

Adam Bogacki,
afb at paradise.net.nz

(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)
(EE) Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap
No core pointer

Fatal server error:
failed to initialize core devices

Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
	 at http://wiki.X.Org
 for help. 
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.





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