Bug 121990

Summary:	GPM using /dev/mouse cannot start for PS/2 mouse using /dev/psaux
Product:	[openSUSE] SUSE LINUX 10.0	Reporter:	Ulrich Windl <Ulrich.Windl>
Component:	Update Problems	Assignee:	Marcus Schaefer <ms>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Klaus Kämpf <kkaempf>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P5 - None
Version:	Final
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	Other
OS:	All
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Found By:	Other	Services Priority:
Business Priority:		Blocker:	---
Marketing QA Status:	---	IT Deployment:	---
Attachments:	/etc/sysconfig/mouse YaST log files (tar.gz)

Description Ulrich Windl 2005-10-10 15:16:07 UTC

After update from 9.2 to 10.0, GPM did not start any more, because /dev/mouse is
absent. /dev/psaux still exists, but a manual symbolic link /dev/mouse ->
/dev/psaux vanishes after reboot.

Comment 1 Michael Radziej 2005-10-10 17:26:16 UTC

Can you please attach the /var/log/YaST2 directory (as a tar file)?
Please take a look at http://www.opensuse.org/Bug_Reporting_FAQ#YaST
if you have any problems.

Comment 2 Ulrich Windl 2005-10-12 06:26:25 UTC

Created attachment 53798 [details]
/etc/sysconfig/mouse

Comment 3 Ulrich Windl 2005-10-12 06:27:47 UTC

Created attachment 53799 [details]
YaST log files (tar.gz)

Comment 4 Marcus Schaefer 2005-10-12 10:19:06 UTC

I don't know who or what removes your /dev/mouse link but this may 
be a result of udev; as I said I don't know. the service gpm is no 
longer configured automatically if you do a graphical installation. 
This happened intentionally because people are complaining about the 
mouse information shown for GPM in the proposal while installing. 
 
So a simple call of  
 
  yast mouse 
 
will reconfigure your GPM to work correctly