Hello all.
I just installed Debian and among other things have upgraded the kernel from 2.4.18 to 2.6.8.1. Everything worked before the upgrade but now my mouse does not work. I also have had to modprobe sis900 to get my network up. cat /dev/psaux returns nothing while moving the mouse so I think the problem lies within the kernel.

Thanks for any help.
Drew


Some usefull info;

[lsmod]
Module Size Used by
nvidia 4821108 0
ipv6 264612 10
sis900 20612 0
crc32 4320 1 sis900
ide_cd 42656 0
cdrom 40732 1 ide_cd
isofs 37240 0
af_packet 22600 2
capability 4520 0
commoncap 7232 1 capability
usb_storage 68832 0
emu10k1 84036 0
sound 84332 1 emu10k1
soundcore 10336 2 emu10k1,sound
ac97_codec 18956 1 emu10k1
agpgart 34696 0
analog 11968 0
emu10k1_gp 3584 0
gameport 4704 2 analog,emu10k1_gp
evdev 9600 0
joydev 9984 0
mousedev 10476 0
usbkbd 7424 0
usbcore 119012 2 usb_storage,usbkbd
rtc 12760 0
ext3 127240 1
jbd 62616 1 ext3
mbcache 9348 1 ext3
ide_generic 1408 0
sis5513 17000 1
ide_disk 19296 3
ide_core 139940 5 ide_cd,usb_storage,ide_generic,sis5513,ide_disk
sd_mod 21696 0
ata_piix 8164 0
libata 41604 1 ata_piix
scsi_mod 125196 3 usb_storage,sd_mod,libata
unix 28692 22
font 8320 0
vesafb 6656 0
cfbcopyarea 3840 1 vesafb
cfbimgblt 3040 1 vesafb
cfbfillrect 3776 1 vesafb


[excert from /etc/X11/XFConfig-4]
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Emulate3Buttons"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"
EndSection

Try the following

Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"

OR)

Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"


instead of

Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"

in your /etc/X11/XFConfig-4

Thank you.
I have tried this but I don't think the problem lies within the X config as I can not get any input from the mouse. cat /dev/input/mice does not return any output while moving the mouse.

did u try--> cat /dev/mouse

Thank you for your help.
I have tried what I see but I don't have a file /dev/mouse.

The mouse is usb with a usb-ps/2 converter. I have tried using usb with no success.

ok, I've compiled my kernel from source (downloaded from kernel.org) and I'm running v2.6.9 now.

I still have no mouse input.

I loaded module ohci_hcd and saw the mouse in USB0 but can't get any input from it.
I wanted to use the ps/2 port but I just want to get this mouse working now.

Any suggestions please?

Thanks, drew.