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

[John C Barstow]

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.
>
>...
>
>(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
>
>  
>
Silly idea, maybe, but just double check you have the following packages 
installed:
    xserver-xorg-input-mouse
    xserver-xorg-input-kbd

Because sometimes dependencies get screwed up in unstable/derivative 
distros.