Hi Steven,
I'm going to go ahead and CC: the list because this is odd. Are you sure there's no /dev/psaux ? That really should be there.. ( on my HP the touchpad is a ps/2 device, can't say for sure about the VAIO ) I would just remove the xdm package "dpkg --purge xdm" for the time being.. so, does your mouse work when you set it to /dev/ttyS0 in xf86config? What version of Debian are you using, where did you get it from etc? thanks On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 05:38:18AM -0500, steven k. thompson wrote: > Thanks, but neither of those files /dev/mouse or /dev psuax > exist at present. (I'm not using an external mouse but the > trackpad). > > I tried running xf86config and identifying the mouse with > /dev/ttyS0. Now I get a graphical login screen but my > input of id and password are not recognized so I get stuck > there. > > I have changed to run level 1 (single user mode) for the time > being. > > Where do I control whether X or xdm start automatically > before login? I would like to be starting them manually > for now. > > Thanks, > > Steve > > > Rob Helmer wrote: > > > > Hi Steven, > > > > Please send the output of "ls -la /dev/mouse" > > > > If it is /dev/gpmdata, then gpm must be installed and running, > > and repeating as type "ps2". > > > > If it is blank, either do the above, or, if you don't want > > or care about having the mouse on the console, just symlink > > /dev/psaux to /dev/mouse like so : "ln -s /dev/psaux /dev/mouse" > > > > On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 08:50:55AM -0500, steven k. thompson wrote: > > > I installed Debian 2.2r2 (potato) on a Sony Vaio F340 yesterday but so > > > far the X window system does not work. Can anyone point me to > > > information that will help me get it working? > > > > > > Incidentally, I tried to invoke anXious to probe and > > > reconfigure but when I type "anXious" at the command line > > > nothing happens, even though the file /usr/bin/anXious > > > seems to be there. So I tried with xf86config instead, but > > > evidently have not got it right. When I typed "startx" > > > it gave an error message "cannot open mouse (no such file or > > > directory). I had specified ps/2 and dev/mouse. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Steve > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
