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

[Chris Hodgetts]

Do you have another mouse?
I assume that it has worked, but no longer works?

Stupid question, but you never know...
Check the the mouse is "actually" plugged into the computer, if it is,
and you have a spare mouse, try that..

Is the mouse a USB or PS/2 mouse?

try a:

cat /dev/input/mice
cat /dev/input/mouse
cat /dev/psaux

if you get a device does not exists or something, then reboot, and see
if you get any errors upon a reboot.

As for the sound... pass --- mpg123 still plays - permissions? 
Broken motherboard?

On Tue, 2005-10-18 at 21:13 +1300, Adam Bogacki wrote:
> 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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