Re: no mouse in midnight commander

2020-02-01 Thread Frank McCormick
On 2/1/20 2:39 PM, Joe wrote: On Sat, 1 Feb 2020 13:46:52 -0500 Frank McCormick wrote: I noticed this morning that my mouse no longer works in MC. When I use it, it leaves keycodes on mc's command line at the bottom of the screen. Because I use Rox-filer to put icons on the desktop, I call

Re: no mouse in midnight commander

2020-02-01 Thread Joe
On Sat, 1 Feb 2020 13:46:52 -0500 Frank McCormick wrote: > I noticed this morning that my mouse no longer works in MC. When I > use it, it leaves keycodes on mc's command line at > the bottom of the screen. > > Because I use Rox-filer to put icons on the desktop, I call > MC from a small script

Re: no mouse cursor unless manual X config 'Option "HWCursor" "off"' in Jessie [solved]

2015-12-06 Thread Felix Miata
Brian composed on 2015-12-05 23:25 (UTC): > On Sat 05 Dec 2015 at 17:56:14 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: >> Brian composed on 2015-12-05 20:52 (UTC): >> > On Sat 05 Dec 2015 at 12:38:38 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: >> >> Fresh Jessie installation about a week ago, TDE added last night. Normally >> >>

Re: no mouse cursor unless manual X config 'Option "HWCursor" "off"' in Jessie

2015-12-05 Thread Brian
On Sat 05 Dec 2015 at 23:38:32 +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 05 December 2015 23:25:20 Brian wrote: > > On Sat 05 Dec 2015 at 17:56:14 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > > > Brian composed on 2015-12-05 20:52 (UTC): > > > > On Sat 05 Dec 2015 at 12:38:38 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > > > >> Fresh

Re: no mouse cursor unless manual X config 'Option "HWCursor" "off"' in Jessie

2015-12-05 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 05 December 2015 23:25:20 Brian wrote: > On Sat 05 Dec 2015 at 17:56:14 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > > Brian composed on 2015-12-05 20:52 (UTC): > > > On Sat 05 Dec 2015 at 12:38:38 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > > >> Fresh Jessie installation about a week ago, TDE added last night. > > >>

Re: no mouse cursor unless manual X config 'Option "HWCursor" "off"' in Jessie

2015-12-05 Thread Brian
On Sat 05 Dec 2015 at 17:56:14 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > Brian composed on 2015-12-05 20:52 (UTC): > > > On Sat 05 Dec 2015 at 12:38:38 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > > >> Fresh Jessie installation about a week ago, TDE added last night. Normally > >> using startx rather than any DM, but DM when

Re: no mouse cursor unless manual X config 'Option "HWCursor" "off"' in Jessie

2015-12-05 Thread Felix Miata
Brian composed on 2015-12-05 20:52 (UTC): > On Sat 05 Dec 2015 at 12:38:38 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: >> Fresh Jessie installation about a week ago, TDE added last night. Normally >> using startx rather than any DM, but DM when used, has no pointer either.. >> Mouse could be used to select and cli

Re: no mouse cursor unless manual X config 'Option "HWCursor" "off"' in Jessie

2015-12-05 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 05 December 2015 15:52:13 Brian wrote: > On Sat 05 Dec 2015 at 12:38:38 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > > Fresh Jessie installation about a week ago, TDE added last night. > > Normally using startx rather than any DM, but DM when used, has no > > pointer either.. Mouse could be used to sel

Re: no mouse cursor unless manual X config 'Option "HWCursor" "off"' in Jessie

2015-12-05 Thread Brian
On Sat 05 Dec 2015 at 12:38:38 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > Fresh Jessie installation about a week ago, TDE added last night. Normally > using startx rather than any DM, but DM when used, has no pointer either.. > Mouse could be used to select and click, but no way to tell where pointer was > until

Re: No Mouse in X

2007-03-11 Thread Dave Walker
On 3/6/07, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dave Walker wrote: > In summary, my problem was that X would load but the mouse would be > frozen on the screen. > > Bingo, Andrew - your suggestion that there might be interference by > another utility (maybe gpm) causing the problem proved to be t

Re: No Mouse in X

2007-03-06 Thread Kent West
Dave Walker wrote: In summary, my problem was that X would load but the mouse would be frozen on the screen. Bingo, Andrew - your suggestion that there might be interference by another utility (maybe gpm) causing the problem proved to be the case. I issued the command:killall gpm a

Re: No Mouse in X

2007-03-06 Thread Dave Walker
On 3/5/07, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: in response to my query below: > I have been having problems configuring my mouse in X. Andrew's suggestion: are you using any utility that might interfere with a mouse (I'm specifically thinking of gpm here). In summary, my prob

Re: No Mouse in X

2007-03-05 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 09:22:45PM -0600, Dave Walker wrote: > Running Sarge 3.1 with kernel 2.4.27-2-386 > > I have been having problems configuring my mouse in X. > > My initial install was from the Sarge 3.1 cd's prior to my having an > active internet connection. My install was via: > > apt-

Re: No Mouse in X

2007-03-05 Thread Kent West
Dave Walker wrote: > Running Sarge 3.1 with kernel 2.4.27-2-386 > > I have been having problems configuring my mouse in X. > > My initial install was from the Sarge 3.1 cd's prior to my having an > active internet connection. My install was via: > > apt-get install x-window-system (from cd's) > >

Re: No Mouse in X

2007-03-05 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 09:22:45PM -0600, Dave Walker wrote: > > I think the command to remove x should be: > > apt-get --purge remove x-window-system , then to run > > apt-get install x-window-system (from the net) > I don't think that will accomplish what you want. The --p

Re: No Mouse in X

2007-02-28 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 06:42:47PM -0600, Dave Walker wrote: > > re-booted, logged in as root > cd to /etc/x11/ > > less XF86Config-4 to confirm that there were 2 serarate mouse sections > for "InputDevice" and that 2 input devices were present in > "ServerLayout" > one was "Configured Mouse" - t

Re: No Mouse in X

2007-02-28 Thread Cameron L. Spitzer
[This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dave Walker wrote: > The Problem: > > When I run X (startx) from any user account, it begins, loads Gnome (just > today downloaded it) but the mouse does not move. I found out that > quits X, thankfully, so

Re: No Mouse in X

2007-02-28 Thread Nigel Henry
On Wednesday 28 February 2007 00:28, Dave Walker wrote: > Hope I am at the right place to ask for help! > > I have reached a debian wall - I have been happy with my progress to date > in getting my sarge built and running, but have run into something that I > can't overcome. > > The Problem: > > Wh

Re: Re: No Mouse in X

2007-02-27 Thread Kamaraju Kusumanchi
> On 2/27/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Your message was received at Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:33:10 +: > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: No Mouse in X > > > > This account is protected by Bluebottle

Re: No Mouse in X

2007-02-27 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > Looks for lines containing (EE) which indicates error lines and post them > if you see any. s/Looks/Look s/indicates/indicate (feeling embarrassed) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: No Mouse in X

2007-02-27 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Dave Walker wrote: > I have the file /var/log/XFree86.0.log available, but it is rather lengthy > to post here right now. Looks for lines containing (EE) which indicates error lines and post them if you see any. Also what mouse is this? Is it a USB mouse? PS/2 mouse? touchpad on a laptop? raju

Re: No Mouse in X

2007-02-27 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/27/07 17:28, Dave Walker wrote: > Hope I am at the right place to ask for help! > > I have reached a debian wall - I have been happy with my progress to > date in > getting my sarge built and running, but have run into something that I > can't >

Re: No mouse or keyboard on startup

2005-07-19 Thread strawks
Hi, In the XF86Config-4 manpage : Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "boolean" This allows the server to start up even if the mouse device can't be opened/initialised. Default: false. Just set this option in the ServerLayout section or in the InputDevice section. I don't think there is a

Re: no mouse under 2.6.8 kernel

2005-05-09 Thread Dennis Stosberg
Am Montag, 9. Mai 2005 21:17 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > i tried modprobe mousedev. That did create the /dev/psaux > and /dev/input/mice. But neither of them work. It allows me to > start X, but the mouse won't move. You need mousedev for the generic mouse support and a second module specific

Re: no mouse under 2.6.8 kernel

2005-05-09 Thread Adam Mercer
On 09/05/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am currently running Debian with a 2.4 Kernel. I recently upgraded to the > 2.6.8-k7 kernel, but now my X Windows will not work. I get an error saying > that it couldn't initialize the mouse because /dev/psaux doesn't exit (i > don't k

Re: no mouse under 2.6.8 kernel

2005-05-09 Thread jroed
> try: modprobe mousedev > > that should make /dev/input/mice show up for you. > > -davidc i tried modprobe mousedev. That did create the /dev/psaux and /dev/input/mice. But neither of them work. It allows me to start X, but the mouse won't move. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: no mouse under 2.6.8 kernel

2005-05-09 Thread David Clymer
On Mon, 2005-05-09 at 12:26 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am currently running Debian with a 2.4 Kernel. I recently upgraded to the > 2.6.8-k7 kernel, but now my X Windows will not work. I get an error saying > that it couldn't initialize the mouse because /dev/psaux doesn't exit (i > do

Re: No mouse in gpm: Resolved-Sort Of

2003-11-28 Thread Mark Healey
On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 18:45:46 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: >On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 at 06:41 GMT, Mark Healey penned: >> >> After trying several different values in gpm.conf, on a wile hair, I >> decided to try bypassing my KVM switch. That fixed it. >> >> This problem doesn't exist in Knoppix. >>

Re: No mouse in gpm: Resolved-Sort Of

2003-11-28 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 at 06:41 GMT, Mark Healey penned: > > After trying several different values in gpm.conf, on a wile hair, I > decided to try bypassing my KVM switch. That fixed it. > > This problem doesn't exist in Knoppix. > > It kind of sucks having an extra mouse on the table but I can li

Re: No mouse in gpm: Resolved-Sort Of

2003-11-28 Thread Mark Healey
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 20:26:03 -0600, Kent West wrote: >Mark Healey wrote: > >>In an earlier attempt to get X running I was told to >> >>If so, run "gpmconfig" and specify: >>mouse location: /dev/psaux >>mouse type: ps/2 >>repeat type: raw >> >>For my generic ps2 type mouse. >> >>I've done that and

Re: No mouse in gpm

2003-11-27 Thread Micha Feigin
On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 07:33:36AM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote: > Mark Healey wrote: > > >On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 18:01:59 -0500, Paul Morgan wrote: > > > > > > > >>Mark Healey wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>In an earlier attempt to get X running I was told to > >>> > >>>If so, run "gpmconfig" and specif

Re: No mouse in gpm

2003-11-27 Thread Micha Feigin
On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 06:01:59PM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote: > Mark Healey wrote: > > >In an earlier attempt to get X running I was told to > > > >If so, run "gpmconfig" and specify: > >mouse location: /dev/psaux > >mouse type: ps/2 > >repeat type: raw > > > >For my generic ps2 type mouse. > > > >

Re: No mouse in gpm

2003-11-27 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 01:40:06PM -0800, Mark Healey wrote: > I've done that and still no cursor. I booted knoppix and it detected > the generic ps2 mouse at /dev/psaux and it worked correctly. > > What do I check next? Knoppix detected the mouse for /dev/psaux, in X, or as gpm? (I don't know

Re: No mouse in gpm

2003-11-27 Thread Paul Morgan
Mark Healey wrote: On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 18:01:59 -0500, Paul Morgan wrote: Mark Healey wrote: In an earlier attempt to get X running I was told to If so, run "gpmconfig" and specify: mouse location: /dev/psaux mouse type: ps/2 repeat type: raw For my generic ps2 type mouse. I've done th

Re: No mouse in gpm

2003-11-26 Thread Mark Healey
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 18:01:59 -0500, Paul Morgan wrote: >Mark Healey wrote: > >>In an earlier attempt to get X running I was told to >> >>If so, run "gpmconfig" and specify: >>mouse location: /dev/psaux >>mouse type: ps/2 >>repeat type: raw >> >>For my generic ps2 type mouse. >> >>I've done that an

Re: No mouse in gpm

2003-11-26 Thread Kent West
Mark Healey wrote: In an earlier attempt to get X running I was told to If so, run "gpmconfig" and specify: mouse location: /dev/psaux mouse type: ps/2 repeat type: raw For my generic ps2 type mouse. I've done that and still no cursor. I booted knoppix and it detected the generic ps2 mouse at /

Re: No mouse in gpm

2003-11-26 Thread Paul Morgan
Mark Healey wrote: In an earlier attempt to get X running I was told to If so, run "gpmconfig" and specify: mouse location: /dev/psaux mouse type: ps/2 repeat type: raw For my generic ps2 type mouse. I've done that and still no cursor. I booted knoppix and it detected the generic ps2 mouse at /

Re: no mouse in console

2002-03-08 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
| Managed to get a fresh install of woody running but have no mouse in console mode. Mouse works in X. | I remember being asked where the mouse was and choosing psaux. It was just a guess. How can I debug this? The gpm man page isn't particularly helpfull. | I do see /var/run/gpm.pid. But have

Re: no mouse in console

2002-03-01 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 11:05:14PM -0800, Harry Putnam wrote: > Managed to get a fresh install of woody running but have no mouse in > console mode. Mouse works in X. > > I remember being asked where the mouse was and choosing psaux. It was > just a guess. = a PS/2 mouse. Most mice seem to be no

Re: no mouse in console

2002-03-01 Thread Glyn Millington
Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Managed to get a fresh install of woody running Great ;-) > but have no mouse in console mode. What breed of rodent are you dealing with there? > I do see /var/run/gpm.pid. But have no mouse. /etc/X11/XF86Config probably needs tweaking in the "Po

Re: no mouse device

2001-12-09 Thread Michel Loos
On Sun, 2001-12-09 at 21:59, Gilbert w wrote: > Hello everyone, Im brand spankin new and I just installed debian. Im not > sure ive completed installation properly, but I have no mouse device(no > /dev/mouse ). What did I do wrong? I tried reinstalling with a different > mouse type, but stil

Re: no mouse with X

2001-08-30 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Cliff Sarginson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010830 15:38]: > On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 01:51:15PM -0400, Eric Cheney wrote: > > > > Hello. I'm trying to introduce a debian box to my officeI am not > > a sysadmin, so I stumble a little bit with these things. Anyway, I want to > > make > > a good

Re: no mouse with X

2001-08-30 Thread Bruce Sass
On Thu, 30 Aug 2001, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 01:51:15PM -0400, Eric Cheney wrote: > > > > Hello. I'm trying to introduce a debian box to my officeI am not > > a sysadmin, so I stumble a little bit with these things. Anyway, I want to > > make > > a good impression of

Re: no mouse with X

2001-08-30 Thread Sean Quinlan
* Eric Cheney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2001-08-30 19:30): > I loaded up X server and it connects and all that. If I start X with > gpm, I get a mouse, but it is very erratic and unacceptable. So, if > I remove gpm, and then restart X, the mouse works fine under X. Ok, > if I then reboot, there's

Re: no mouse with X

2001-08-30 Thread Cliff Sarginson
On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 01:51:15PM -0400, Eric Cheney wrote: > > Hello. I'm trying to introduce a debian box to my officeI am not > a sysadmin, so I stumble a little bit with these things. Anyway, I want to > make > a good impression of deb. I've installed woody. I'm getting weird thin

Re: no mouse with X

2001-08-30 Thread Yvonne Kelly
I believe that link should be /dev/psaux -> /dev/mouse. That's the way I have it, and it works fine. I don't really need to cut-n-paste in console mode, so I don't have gpm running. Y.Kelly -Original Message- From:Eric Cheney [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:Thu, 30 Aug 2001 13:51:15

Re: no mouse with X

2001-08-30 Thread Georges Goncalves
Le -08.30.2001 19:51:15-, « Eric Cheney ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) » a écrit quelques phrases célèbres sur « no mouse with X » EC> Hello. I'm trying to introduce a debian box to my officeI am not EC> a sysadmin, so I stumble a little bit with these things. Anyway, I want to make EC> a good impre

Re: no mouse with X

2001-08-30 Thread Eric Cheney
On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 01:51:15PM -0400, Eric Cheney wrote: > > Hello. I'm trying to introduce a debian box to my officeI am not > a sysadmin, so I stumble a little bit with these things. Anyway, I want to > make > a good impression of deb. I've installed woody. I'm getting weird thin

re: no mouse movement

2001-06-24 Thread root
okay thanks much for info about mouse ie: /dev/psaux.. guaranteed I'll remember that one :) .. lee -==

Re: no mouse movement or keyboard entry

2001-06-23 Thread Joost Kooij
On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 05:55:08PM -0700, Lee Johnson wrote: > I attempted to install my NVidia driver for my system and it didnt' > quite make it,- and I've in process corrupted my desktop ...I tried > making new xf86config but the problem I think is mouse &/or videoram.. > > I'm also n

Re: no mouse movement

2001-06-23 Thread Joost Kooij
On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 07:55:44PM -0700, Lee Johnson wrote: > okay...same thing for me from different angle...my mouse used to work until I > tried unsuccessfully to install the 3d drivers from NVIDIA for my riva > cardwell I fried my XF86Config-4 file (monitor kept popping and wouldn't > giv

Re: NO MOUSE

2000-02-12 Thread Steve Anderson
I have a Compaq wheel mouse, and here is the mouse section from my XF86Config: Section "Pointer" Protocol "IMPS/2" Device"/dev/psaux" SampleRate60 BaudRate

Re: NO MOUSE

2000-02-12 Thread davidturetsky
I had the same problem. Consider whether all of your devices are supported... I had a frozen kb and mouse... both of these devices on my system are Microsoft's "intelligent" versions   I'm trying the route of using XFree86 as my x platform. Nothing helpful to report so far   David - Or

Re: No Mouse, No X Windows(SOLVED)

1999-08-17 Thread Wendell Buckner
ate: Monday, August 16, 1999 2:06 PM Subject: Re: No Mouse, No X Windows >Hello Ed, > >On 16-Aug-99, you wrote: > >EC> Wendell Buckner wrote: >EC>> >EC>> Well the graphically interface is nice(I've been dealing with just >EC>> console up to now)

Re: No Mouse, No X Windows

1999-08-16 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello Ed, On 16-Aug-99, you wrote: EC> Wendell Buckner wrote: EC>> EC>> Well the graphically interface is nice(I've been dealing with just EC>> console up to now), but it's not solving my problem (thanks EC>> anyway). I go through the configuration process, save it and it EC>> tells me that my s

Re: No Mouse, No X Windows

1999-08-16 Thread vw
x-learning. Error is human; complete disaster takes a computer > -Oprindelig meddelelse- > Fra: Wendell Buckner [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sendt:16. august 1999 00:01 > Til: Debian Users Group > Cc: recipient list not shown > Emne: Re: No Mouse, No X Windo

Re: No Mouse, No X Windows

1999-08-16 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya wendell - when in console mode...does the mouse respond on the screen ( to gpm ) ?? what does is the errror messages from: "X -probeonly" fix those first and than run startx...or xinit etc... have fun alvin > Wendell Buckner wrote: > > > > Well the graphically interface is nice(I

Re: No Mouse, No X Windows

1999-08-16 Thread Ed Cogburn
Wendell Buckner wrote: > > Well the graphically interface is nice(I've been dealing with just console > up to now), but it's not solving my problem (thanks anyway). I go through > the configuration process, save it and it tells me that my server is now > running. It then exits me to the console

Re: No Mouse, No X Windows

1999-08-15 Thread Wendell Buckner
hn Carline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Wendell Buckner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Debian Users Group Date: Sunday, August 15, 1999 11:25 AM Subject: Re: No Mouse, No X Windows >Wendell Buckner wrote: > >> I'm almost there... Almost running x windows... But >> x-windows d

Re: No Mouse, No X Windows

1999-08-15 Thread Eric G . Miller
Chances are good that your mouse is a PS/2 style, and the device X should look for is /dev/psaux. You can either run XF86Config and change the setting to look for /dev/psaux or you can create a symlink by running "ln -s /dev/psaux /dev/mouse" as root. If that doesn't work, then you need a differen

Re: No Mouse, No X Windows

1999-08-15 Thread John Carline
Wendell Buckner wrote: > I'm almost there... Almost running x windows... But > x-windows drops out from initializing giving me an error > indicating that there is no mouse. And sure enough the file > it was looking for, /dev/mouse, is not there! I've been > looking for some way to create or inst

Re: No Mouse, No X Windows

1999-08-15 Thread Morgoth3
run xf86config...in there, configure your mouse as a standard ps/2 device...that should be all you need. Colin Winters