Earlier you said the mouse worked with the linux kernel for Gentoo. How much was different in the kernel you are now using? THe problem has to be in the kernel if you used the same X in both cases. Do tell us when you find the answer - these are such annoying problems,
i reinstalled CRUX & found that CRUX by default does not enable the mouse. one *has to* enable mouse support before compiling kernel (after "make menuconfig") in "Input Devices" section. CRUX *assumes* user will not use a mouse ;-) BTW, "Gilles Dassac" was talking about setting mouse device to "/dev/psaux" rather than to "/dev/input/mice" & said it resolved the same trouble for him. he also said that one has to enable it in kernel before compiling but on the contrary i have found that "psaux" was enabled by default whereas "mouse" was not. after reinstallation with new kernel options it is working now :-) but now i am not able to install GNOME but that i will discuss in another thread.
merry xmas
hey thanks :-) & same to you
clare
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