Anna Lawless wrote: >I've used Mandrake for the last two years, but always wanted to >move to Debian. I installed release 2r2 on my old box a year ago, >but couldn't get my mouse to work in an x window, so moved back to >another distro. > >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. > >I'm using XF86-4 with the Vesa driver for a nVideo Riva2 card. My >mouse is a standard ps2 wheelmouse. > >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. >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. > > Personally, I prefer emacs, but that's just me.
>Could anyone give me advise? In other Debian-based distros (storm >and Corel) I've had no mouse problems. Could the two entries be >the cause? And if I need to edit config files, which is the best >console editor to use? I have even installed debian jr so I should >have a good selection, but haven't a clue what is included in a >standard debian installation and which is best for somebody who >knows Linux to some extent but has always worked in a windowed >environment. > > > > > > I have a wheel mouse, and I had similar problems. There are a couple of things that could be going on, though-- I need to know whether gpm is running (type ps -A and that should tell you), and I need you to post your XF86Config-4 file. -- Vikki Roemer Registered Linux user #2880021 http://linuxcounter.li.org/ "Quod scripsi, scripsi." [Latin, "What I have written, I have written."] -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GAT d-(?) s: a--- C++++(++) UL++++ P+>++++ L+++>++++ E>++ W+ N+ o? K- w--() O? M? V?(-) PS+(+++) PE++(+++) Y+ PGP->++ t+@ 5 X-() R*(?) tv-- b+++(++) DI+ D--(?) G e->+++++(*) h! r--(-) x? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
