On Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 06:49:19PM -0400, matthew frederick davis h. wrote: > Hello List. > > Okay -- I have managed to get an old world machine to boot directly into > Debian with quik. Yes, I did manage to find a mouse mode that made my mouse > move around the screen (imps2)... > > But now: X won't start up at all. The screen goes grey for a moment and > then kicks me back to the prompt, giving me the now familiar whine "Fatal > server error: Cannot open mouse (Is a directory)". > > I've configured gpm to use /dev/input/mice as my driver. I can also > make my mouse move with /dev/input/mouse0 (though X still won't start), but > none of the other drivers works for my single-button ADB mouse. > > By the bye, I'm using Potato on a 9600 'kansas' pmac. > Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks! >
v4 of XFree86 has much better powermac support. Might be worth a try (just dist-upgrade to woody?) -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual> | | debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | May the Source be with you | *----------------------------------------------------------------* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
