Keyboard doesn't work, then works and mouse no longer works

hornbchr

At first my keyboard (USB) didn't work, but my mouse (PS/2) worked flawlessly. I followed the USB Keyboard How-to on this forum, but that killed my mouse. I'm getting an error when I run startx that says it can't open /dev/mouse or /dev/psaux (I tried both). I also tried linking directly to /dev/misc/psaux.
I configured the kernel (the parts that apply) like this:
USB: same as how-to states (everything I need is built-in)
Input: same as how-to states (again, everything I need is built-in (first two options, i believe))
Char/Mice: PS/2 mouse options are built-in

Any help will be greatly appreciated
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Chris

pjp · Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20067

I have no idea what the problem might be (don't use USB). However, I think USB
mouse/keyboard problems have been discussed... you might try a search and see
what comes up.
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Quis separabit? Quo animo?

hornbchr · Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2002 4:56 am Post subject: nope

I found one post that described the same problem that i'm having, but the ppl that answered couldn't give any help.
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Chris

ryejay98 · n00b Joined: 13 Jul 2002 Posts: 16 Location: Virginia

Ugh... having the same problems you are ... have had it with all the different installations. USB Keyboard works fine ... but the ps/2 mouse doesn't work ...

had lots of suggestions given (see the Desktop forum) but ... none worked.

Someone has to know what to do?!?

ryejay98 · n00b Joined: 13 Jul 2002 Posts: 16 Location: Virginia

The only thing I found that works was to buy a usb->ps/2 converter for my keyboard. When I plugged the keyboard into a standard ps/2 port ... suddenly Linux recognized my ps/2 mouse.

There's gotta be another way ... but ... hey, it works for now!