I just installed FC5 - upgraded from redhat9, which worked fine - and after installation, the x-server did not start. I get the same error message every time I reboot:

"Failed to start the X server (your graphical interface). It seems that the pointer device (your mouse) is not set up correctly. Would you like to view the X server output to diagnose the problem?"

After viewing the output I get the following messages

(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/psaux No such file or directory
(EE) Mouse0: cannot open input device
(EE) PreInit failed for input device "Mouse0" No core pointer

Can anyone help me fix this problem or explain why I am receiving these messages? I am using a toshiba laptop with no attached mouse, simply the touchpad that comes standard on laptops...thanks a bunch in advance

This has worked a few times for me (last night on FC5, in fact):

In /etc/X11/xorg.conf, find the mouse driver name, and if it is /dev/mouse, change it to /dev/input/mice

--- rod.

I checked the driver and it was already set to "/dev/input/mice". Any other suggestions, I'm pretty stumped.

In /etc/X11/xorg.conf, find the mouse driver name, and if it is /dev/mouse, change it to /dev/input/mice

Why don't you do two things to let us help you: Post the relevant part(s) of your xorg.conf and xorg.log file, and tell us exactly the nature of your mouse, especially the type of interface (USB vs serial, etc.)

--- rod.

Ok bear with me becuase I'm a little stupid with this stuff so heres the parts of the xorg.conf file that appear to pretain to my mouse.

--------------------------
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "DevInputMice"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then
# this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you
# also use USB mice at the same time.
Identifier "DevInputMice"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection
--------------------------

That is how it appears. As for the mouse interface, I'm not sure how to find that out, can you advise me where to find that?

Sorry but I'm an idiot with stuff like this. Thanks for your help

It looks like you have two conflicting sections of mouse configuration. Both are named 'DevInputMice'. Change one or both of them to a unique name(s), like 'DevInputMice0' & 'DevInputMice1'. Then you will have to find the place elsewhere in the xorg.conf file where the mouse identifier is used. It should be an 'InputDevice' in the 'ServerLayout' section. Change the name 'DevInputMice' (or whatever it calls the mouse, there) to one of the names you chose, above. Try the X server. If it doesn't work, try the other name.

Does your mouse have a PS/2 connector (green, round), or a USB connector (flat), or something else altogether? What is the make/model?

--- rod.

I fixed it, thanks for your help. X-win now runs

Will you tell us what the fix was? A big part of the value of this forum is that solutions to problems get published, archived, and stored in a searchable database. Without the solution, the value of the thread is diminished.

--- rod.

To fix the desktop bug required downloading an ATI mach64 driver
from freedesktop.org. http://dri.freedesktop.org/snapshots/ is where to get the updated mach64 drivers.It comes with an install.sh that recompiles the driver and installs as a kernel module.

Also, the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file seems to have a double entry
for InputDevice for mouse after upgrading from FC4 to FC5. So I
had to comment out the one referring to /dev/psaux and only use
the one referring to /dev/input/mice.

I then executed system-config-display to change the display to
1024x764 for giggles.

I will post my new xorg.conf file soon so that folks who
experience this issue can use it for comparison