Lance Simmons sez: } On Sat, Oct 26, 2002 at 04:44:02PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: } > > } > > I'm trying to move from compiling my own kernels without initrd to } > > using a stock debian kernel with initrd, and have run into a } > > problem: when I try to swtich from X to the console, X freezes up, } > > forcing a reboot. } > } > Can you boot into the console? You can try that by disabling booting } > into X. } } Yes, I can. (I don't boot into X.) I'm pretty sure the problem is } related to my USB mouse. By loading and unloading modules I've been } able to focus the problem: } } If I don't load USB modules, but load mousedev, I can start X, but with } no mouse. (That makes sense, since it's a USB mouse.) I can return to } the console normally! } } If I load USB modules, and then load mousedev, I can start X with mouse } support, but can't get back to the console. As soon as I try to switch } to a console or exit X, everything freezes up. } } I haven't been able to start X without loading mousedev. } } Anyway, at least it seems pretty clearly to be a USB mouse related } problem. Perhaps there's some secret recipe for loading those modules } correctly. In the past I've just compiled USB support directly into the } kernel, and never had a problem.
I've had all kinds of issues with a USB mouse (actually a trackball). My solution was simple, yet works great. I use gpm to deal with the USB mouse (its input is /dev/input/mice, which uses the input module and, I think, usb-uhci), and have it repeat as "ms3" to /dev/gpmdata. Now gpm works in the console, and the X server uses /dev/gpmdata as an "IntelliMouse" and all is well. You may have to tweak what gpm thinks /dev/input/mice is, but "imps2" works for me. } -o) Lance Simmons --Greg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
