Mouse not detected after new kernel

[Thiago Bemerguy]

I was using Ubuntu 8.10 with kernel 2.6.27 and I installed the kernel
2.6.16 with MIPL patch to use MIPv6. But when I boot using the 2.6.16 kernel
the mouse is not detected. Maybe it could be a problem in the configuration
before compiling the kernel, but I marked the device drivers for PS/2 mouse.
There's a /dev/input/mice file, but it doesn't change anything when I move
or click the mouse. Do you have any idea how to solve this problem?

Thiago

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[Daniel Eggleston]

run kernel 2.6.27, and check which device is linked to your mouse; also run lsmod to see what's loaded.

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[thiagob]

The module psmouse is not installed in the 2.6.16 kernel. Was it
because I selected the "ps2 mouse driver" to be compiled within the
kernel?

I couldn't find the device with mouse events in the Ubuntu 2.6.27, in /
dev/input there're files "mice", "mouse0" and "mouse1", but none of
them change anything when I move or click the mouse. How can I
discover the device linked to the mouse, so?

On Jan 28, 8:27 am, Daniel Eggleston <egg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> run kernel 2.6.27, and check which device is linked to your mouse; also run
> lsmod to see what's loaded.
>
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Thiago Bemerguy

> <thiagobemer...@gmail.com>wrote:

[Daniel Eggleston]

Well, if it's a ps mouse, I think the default is /dev/psaux.

You need to check your X configuration and see what mouse devices are selected, and try those.

Presumably you're running cat /dev/input/mice and then wiggling the mouse?

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          Daniel

[thiagob]

there isn't any mouse in my xorg.conf, but the mouse is working. I'm
running cat /dev/input/mice | tail -f and wiggling the mouse.