> From: Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 05:51:30AM -0500, Haines Brown said > > > From: Pigeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >=20 > > > > > Try mdetect. > > =20 > > > I've only ever used it once... just ran it from the command line and > > > it told me what the mouse was. No front end required. > >=20 > > That was what I was hoping. Seems harmless and I'll have to try it > > (once I can get recover access to X server, that is :-( > > To get X to autodetect your mouse (and monitor and video card): > > $ apt-get install discover mdetect read-edid > $ dpkg -P --force-depends xserver-xfree86 xfree86-common > $ apt-get install xserver-xfree86 xfree86-common
Thanks, Rob, that's something I'll definitely try. I'll be spending the rest of the day trying to figure out why I can't start X (root can, and also a test user). Only error message is when logged in as user, I can't get access to DISPLAY. Haines -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
