[PLUG] Notebook Touch Pad Protocols

drew wymore drew.wymore at gmail.com
Tue Dec 2 14:43:00 UTC 2008


On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 6:39 AM, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>wrote:

> On Tue, 2 Dec 2008, drew wymore wrote:
>
> > What does /var/log/X.log show regarding mouse init?
>
>    Hoo-boy! I totally overlooked looking at the log since X loaded OK.
>
>   What it tells me is this:
>
> (II) LoadModule: "psmouse"
> (WW) Warning, couldn't open module psmouse
> (II) UnloadModule: "psmouse"
> (EE) Failed to load module "psmouse" (module does not exist, 0)
> (II) LoadModule: "mouse"
> (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//mouse_drv.so
> (II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
>        compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.3.0
>        Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
>        ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.0
>
>   However, when I run 'lsmod | grep psmouse' I see the module present.
>
>   Does the double slash in the above path mean anything significant?
>
>   So, the log tells me that psmouse is not loaded, but lsmod tells me that
> it is. What do I do now, Wes?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Rich
>
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The double slash shouldn't matter. Do you have psmouse set up in Xorg.conf ?
Sounds like maybe a kernel conflict like Jason mentioned.

Hmm



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