Re: trackpad not working after dist-upgrade to sarge unstable

[jlbelmonte <jlbelmonte@gmail.com>]

Florian Kulzer wrote:
> Bakki Kudva wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a Gateway Solo 9150 which I have used for Debian since 1997 and
> > had no dist-upgrade problems till now.
> >
> > IT appears that unstable with 2.4 and 2.6 kernels are both not setting
> > up the trackpad correctly to /dev/psaux. So X does not load.
> >
> > dmesg shows that it is detected and is called something like
> > serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
> > serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
> > input: Logitech Mouse on isa0060/serio1
> >
> > If I change /dev/psaux in XF86Config to /dev/ttyS1, X loads fine but
> > the mouse is still inoperative. I don't see a /dev/mouse
>
> It might be in the /dev/input directory, for example /dev/input/mice. A
> quick way to try it is to become root and run
>
> cat /dev/input/mice | hd
>
> or
>
> cat /dev/input/mouse0 | hd
>
> etc.
>
> If you find the right device you should see output scrolling by as soon
> as you do something with the trackpad. (CTRL-C to quit this.)
>
> Regards,
>           Florian
i have had this prblem few weeks ago.

 try to edit /etc/modules, and include mosedev and psmouse.
That should fix your problem.
 the problem was that is the module isn't loaded, the system can  mount 
the device.



this /etc/modules is mine


belmonte@rutherford:~$ cat /etc/modules
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
# to be loaded at boot time, one per line.  Comments begin with
# a "#", and everything on the line after them are ignored.

ide-cd
ide-disk
ide-generic
psmouse                 <------------
mousedev               <------------ them two are the two you need.
ieee80211
cpufreq_powersave
ipw2200
8139too



good luck