Anna Lawless wrote: ><snip> > >I've just installed Woody on my main box. Everything went fine >until I started an X session. Then... mouse pointer as >windowmanager was loading, then pointer disappeared. The desktop >menus open at random, it seems, I have a mouse pointer, but it's >not working properly. > >
Usually indicative of a bad protocol setting in either /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 or /etc/gpm.conf, or both. >I'm using XF86-4 with the Vesa driver for a nVideo Riva2 card. My >mouse is a standard ps2 wheelmouse. > > The protocol you probably want is "imps2" in /etc/gpm.conf, and "ImPS/2" in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. NOTE: You may not be running gpm, in which case you can ignore the info about /etc/gpm.conf.. >This may be a hint as to what's gone wrong. I don't have the >message to hand, I'm having to use windoze to send this. After >starting X for the first time this was in the information on tty2. > >Generic mouse loaded >Configured mouse loaded. > >So it seems that I have two mice in my config file. I'm guessing >that that's causing a conflict. > > No; XF86Config-4 provides for two mouse settings, I suppose to account for those times when you might switch mice, like from a built-in on a laptop to an external. This shouldn't cause any problems. >I'm a Debian newbie and don't have a great deal of experience with >working with console apps. I don't know which editor would be best >for me to read and edit my xf86-4 config file. > > vi, vim, emacs, nano, ae, mcedit, etc etc etc mcedit will probably be the most familiar for those coming from MS-land -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
