Now it's working again. I have the advantage that I can boot off of the Slackware root filesystem, and make changes. Unfortunately I still don't know what, if anything, I did to get it to stop locking. I am using /dev/psaux for the mouse, and /dev/ttyS1 for the modem. Both work. Due to lack of support for my video card, I run the (commercial) AccerleratedX server instead of XFree86, but installed XFree86 3.3: they need the same fonts, libraries, etc.
I compiled a custom kernel under Slackware, and this is the kernel I boot. One possibility is that booting the out-of-the-box Debian kernel puts my system in a bad state in which I have this keyboard locking problem. Another possibility is that my problem will return once I boot without the external mouse plugged in. It may have something to do with compatibility with the the built-in trackpad. I might also mention that my university-provided office machine (a desktop) also has one of these ps/2 mice. I also set /dev/mouse to /dev/psaux and have no problem. David > > On Thu, 31 Jul 1997, David R. Kohel wrote: > > > This may well be the problem I am experiencing: see my post on > > keyboard locking. Now that you mention it, my mouse was > > nonresponsive. If anyone has a solution, I'd like to know, as > > I'm still clueless. > > > > Thanks, > > > > P.S. If this is relevant, I set the mouse (a ps/2) to /dev/psaux. > > Should this go to one of the /dev/ttyS*? > > > No solution yet but I find it interesting that you are using a ps/2 mouse > because I have the same mouse. Perhaps this is something that has to do > with the /dev/psaux. It used to work before though until I tried updating > my Xserver. > > I also have many other problems with pcmcia modem not working etc, but I > would like to have this fixed first. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > D.J. Mashao, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
