On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 10:31:45PM -0800, nate wrote: > will trillich said: > > > attached is the /var/log/XFree86.0.log file (sorry for the size)... hope > > it sheds some light on this. i'd love to get X working > > again. (why was it so easy in potato? was i just lucky?) > > sounds to me like /dev/mouse doesn't point to your mouse device. this > is a very common problem when running X -configure > > if your mouse is PS/2 do: > > cd /dev > ln -s psaux mouse > > if it's something else..well then you may need another driver(s) for > USB or something before starting X, I think the default usb mouse > device in debian 3.0 is /dev/input/mice or something
it's an elder box -- the mouse is a 9-pin, 2-row arrangement (db-9 i believe) which apparently indicates a serial device? gpm works fine in console mode... is there a way to funnel the gpmdata thru to X? and when i do the XFree86 -xf86config /root/XF86Config.new i do get the boilerplate bitmap with a centered (immobile) pointer; but when i try startx (using the above config as /etc/X11/XF86Config) i get only <snip> (II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 (II) MGA: driver for Matrox chipsets: mga2064w, mga1064sg, mga2164w, mga2164w AGP, mgag100, mgag100 PCI, mgag200, mgag200 PCI, mgag400, mgag550 (--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device (--) Chipset mga2064w found (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a (II) Module vgahw: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 0.1.0 (**) MGA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32 (==) MGA(0): RGB weight 888 (II) MGA(0): Matrox HAL module not found - using builtin mode setup instead (--) MGA(0): Chipset: "mga2064w" (==) MGA(0): Using AGP 1x mode (**) MGA(0): Using framebuffer device (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libfbdevhw.a (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 0.0.2 (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libfbdevhw.a (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. Fatal server error: no screens found When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages. This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log". Please report problems to [EMAIL PROTECTED] X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). aaugh! -- I use Debian/GNU Linux version 2.2; Linux server 2.2.17 #1 Sun Jun 25 09:24:41 EST 2000 i586 unknown DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #88 from Jesse Goerz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Ever wondered WHAT DOCUMENTATION IS ON YOUR SYSTEM? And if there was an easy way to browse it? apt-get install dhelp dhelp or for those running the testing distribution, try doc-central as well. Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]