-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'm in the same boat. Except I know that when you see (EE) in your log, that means bad things, and explains why X won't start. Try changing the mouse to /dev/input/mice and see if that makes a difference.
HTH Russell On Friday 15 March 2002 07:39 am, Jean Magnan de Bornier wrote: > Hello, > I recently installed woody (by ftp) on a first-generation iMac (code : 406, > RAM : 32 MB); everything went fine, except that when typing "startx", or > "startx kde", or "startx gnome", the system cannot do it. At the first > start after installation, it proposed to fix the problem by configuring > again the X server, and I said yes, but then nothing happened during 25 > minutes (the on/off button had become red) and I finally had to switch off. > Maybe I should have left it more time? > > Anyway, the log message was saying this, among other things that seem less > important: " > (**) Configured Mouse : Protocol : "PS/2" > (**) Configured Mouse : Core Pointer > (EE) xf86OpenSerial : Cannot open device /dev/psaux > no such device > (EE) Configured Mouse :cannot open input device > (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Conf Mouse" > (**) Generic Mouse : protocol : "ImPS/2" > (**) Generic Mouse : always reports core events > (==) Generic Mouse : Buttons = 3 > (**) Generic Mouse : Emulate 3 buttons, Emulate 3timeout > (**) Generic Mouse : ZAxisMapping : buttons 4 and 5 > (WW) No core pointer registered > (II) XINPUT : Adding extended input device "Generic Mouse" (Type = Mouse) > no core pointer > Fatal Server error: > failed to initialize core device > > When reporting a problem, etc.." > > Is there a solution? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8ke/AAqKGrvVshJQRAu0wAJ9GA2kT2b8S//FQkcVeOXo9tyEpBQCg3Gia 307iJjcb/oymF/QizKNMPF8= =Zjyv -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
