I always have to startx twice for my mouse to work

walterbyrd · 11-02-2006, 06:14 AM

I am using debian testing, a usb mouse, gnome. I was using xfce4, but was having the same problem. Only with gnome it's worse because gnome takes longer to start, and I have to rm /tmp/.X0-lock.

I boot up, and my mouse pointer is frozen. I ctrl-alt-f1, rm /tmp/.X0-lock, and startx; then my system comes up, and my mouse is fine.

PMorph · 11-02-2006, 10:34 AM

Just guessing, but maybe there is a driver module that doesn't get loaded at the first run?
You could try and find out (lsmod) the mouse related modules that are loaded while it is working, then put those that look promising in /etc/modules (to get them loaded at system startup).

walterbyrd · 11-02-2006, 11:44 AM

Thanks. Should I look for mouse related modules, or USB related modules?

PMorph · 11-02-2006, 02:49 PM

I'd write down all the differences between the lsmod listings prior the first and after the second X start, then restart to console, modprobe all the modules manually, then start X.

If it works right away, ok. Then its just the matter of finding the meaningful module(s) and putting it/them to /etc/modules. If it doesn't work.. well, time to think about something else

walterbyrd · 11-06-2006, 05:37 AM

I found two mounse related modules: psmouse and mousedev. There was already an entry for psmouse in /etc/modules, so I added mousedev, but it didn't make any difference.