Re: PS/2 mouse no longer detected after upgrade

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Evgeny Stukalov wrote:

> Hi,
>
> After dist-upgrading to woody my standard ps/2 mouse is no longer recognized (both in console and in X), even though after the upgrade gpm and XF86Config have roughly the same configuration as before.  Mysteriously, the /proc/interrupts file is now missing an irq line for the mouse (it used to be irq 12 for PS/2 Mouse).  I've searched through Debian mailing lists and a bunch of others but found nothing resembling this.  Please let me know if anyone has encountered something of the sort, and/or knows how to go about it.
>
> My gpm configuration: -m /dev/psaux -t ps2 -r 15 -Rraw
>
> XF86Config pointer section:
>
> Device 		"/dev/gpmdata"
> Protocol	"PS/2"
> Emulate3Buttons
> ZAxisMapping	4 5
>
>
>  
Is your kernel a roll-your-own? If so, did you include ps/2 mouse 
support as built-in or a module? (Actually, I don't think you can 
compile it as a module, but it's a question just begging to be asked.)

It sounds to me like some sort of hardware glitch has developed. You 
might check in the BIOS to see if there's an option to turn on/off the 
mouse port.

Anyone know of any hardware diagnostics that Evgeny can run on his mouse?

Kent






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