[parisc-linux] HIL Mouse device cannot be opened

[Carlos O'Donell]

> I've followed the HOWTO for using a HIL mouse with
> XFree86 on my Apollo 715/33 but get the error message:
> 
> xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/mice No
> such device
> 
> when executing startx. Indeed, cat /dev/input/mice
> also gives "No such device".
> 
> I upgraded the kernel using apt-get - does the 2.4.18
> kernel available through this method support the HIL
> drivers?
> 
> Many Thanks,
> 
> James

Double check that you have:

- When using devfs
	= Enabled input layer support in the kernel
- When not using devfs
	= Have the device node entries for /dev/input/*
	= And enabled input layer support in the kernel.

c.