Help a newbie...plz!
 

I have 2 questions:

(I am running slack 10)

1. My mouse randomly stopped working and it says when i type 'startx'

(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device (/dev/mouse)
(EE) Mouse1: Cannot open input device
(EE) PreInit failed for input device (Mouse1)
No core pointer

2. where is located xf86config and wut is its extension?

Thank you!

1) What kind of mouse do you have,PS2, Serial, USB?
2) if you're talking about XF86Config it's located in /etc/X11 and there is not extension.

Ok thx for the answer to my second question....and i have a usb mouse.

ok, edit (as root) /etc/X11/XF86Config, find /dev/mouse and change it to /dev/input/mouse also using lsmod make sure usbmouse is loaded, if not run modprobe usbmouse

-JSS

should i change my xorg.conf in any way??

oh you're running xorg? i don't know much about it, paste your xorg.conf here and i'll let you know.

how can i paste it if all i'm using is console...cuz i can't start up GUI

Using winXP right now

you're dual-booted? or a second machine? if a second machine download putty and ssh into your linux box

dual-booted

Help me plz anyone.

Its the exact same as the XF86Config file, only the name changed....

Hmm ok i tried those things but they don't work anyways. Changing the '/dev/mouse' to /dev/input/mouse' and stuff...it's not working lol. Anyone have suggestions?

Have you read...

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...002/07/3/25747