I don't think your problem is the mouse. To see this paste your "server layout" section to the head of your /etc/X11/XF86config-4 file and delete the "Generic Mouse" line. At least this eliminated the mouse errors from my log but not my lock-up problems.
MC On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 12:45:58PM -0500, Mike M wrote: > I am running vanilla Debian 3.0, KDE 2.2, and KDM. This system locked its > input twice since I built it in December last year. Today, when it happened, > I tried to telnet in but the box would not respond to a ping. > > To regain control of the system I've been hitting the hardware reset. Both > times I've had to run fsck manually to clean up problems. > > I found that /var/log/kdm.log gave some information that I don't know how to > interpret.. I noticed that everytime X does its startup, the Generic Mouse > configuration fails. I've tried in the past to correct this problem, but > I've had no success. > > There is also a PEX Font file problem indicated. > > Could the input lockups I am experiencing be related to the Generic Mouse > problems reported in the logs below? > > Most of the time the mouse behaves as expected. > > I've been googling around for help but so far I haven't found the silver > bullet. Any help would be appreciated. > > Thanks. > > -- > > Lots of stuff follows..... > > > Excerpts from /var/log/kdm.log with my comments added between tags: > <mycomment>...</mycomment> > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Sample 1 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > > <mycomment>X being configured - BEGIN</mycomment> > (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Thu Dec 26 23:44:48 2002 > ... > ... > ... > ... > ... > (==) TRIDENT(0): Silken mouse enabled > (**) TRIDENT(0): DPMS enabled > (WW) TRIDENT(0): Option "UseFBDev" is not used > PEXExtensionInit: Couldn't open default PEX font file Roman_M > (II) Keyboard "Generic Keyboard" handled by legacy driver > (**) Configured Mouse: Protocol: "PS/2" > (**) Configured Mouse: Core Pointer > (==) Configured Mouse: Buttons: 3 > (**) Configured Mouse: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50 > (**) Configured Mouse: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5 > (**) Generic Mouse: Protocol: "ImPS/2" > (**) Generic Mouse: always reports core events > (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/mice > No such file or directory. > (EE) Generic Mouse: cannot open input device > (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Generic Mouse" > (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Configured Mouse" (type: MOUSE) > > <mycomment> > X being configured - END > > BEGIN Problem indications? > </mycomment> > > GE timeout > GE timeout > GE timeout > GE timeout > GE timeout > GE timeout > GE timeout > GE timeout > GE timeout > <mycomment> > long line of unprintable chars > </mycomment> > warning: process set to nice value 0 instead of -10 as requested > <mycomment> > Problem indications? - END > > This is where I realized the system stopped taking input and hit the reset > button on 1/6/2003. > > A similar situation occurred today. In the following excerpt you can see > that the X session began on 1/29/2003. > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Sample 2 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > > Other X sessions have been ommited for the sake of brevity - BEGIN > </mycomment> > (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Wed Jan 29 15:08:14 2003 > ... > ... > ... > ... > ... > (==) TRIDENT(0): Silken mouse enabled > (**) TRIDENT(0): DPMS enabled > (WW) TRIDENT(0): Option "UseFBDev" is not used > PEXExtensionInit: Couldn't open default PEX font file Roman_M > (II) Keyboard "Generic Keyboard" handled by legacy driver > (**) Configured Mouse: Protocol: "PS/2" > (**) Configured Mouse: Core Pointer > (==) Configured Mouse: Buttons: 3 > (**) Configured Mouse: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50 > (**) Configured Mouse: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5 > (**) Generic Mouse: Protocol: "ImPS/2" > (**) Generic Mouse: always reports core events > (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/mice > No such file or directory. > (EE) Generic Mouse: cannot open input device > (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Generic Mouse" > (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Configured Mouse" (type: MOUSE) > <mycomment> > X being configured - END > Problem indications? - BEGIN > </mycomment> > (==) TRIDENT(0): Write-combining range (0xd5800000,0x400000) > (II) TRIDENT(0): Initializing int10 > (II) TRIDENT(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000 > (**) TRIDENT(0): DPMS enabled > PEXExtensionInit: Couldn't open default PEX font file Roman_M > (==) TRIDENT(0): Write-combining range (0xd5800000,0x400000) > (II) TRIDENT(0): Initializing int10 > (II) TRIDENT(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000 > (**) TRIDENT(0): DPMS enabled > PEXExtensionInit: Couldn't open default PEX font file Roman_M > (==) TRIDENT(0): Write-combining range (0xd5800000,0x400000) > (II) TRIDENT(0): Initializing int10 > (II) TRIDENT(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000 > (**) TRIDENT(0): DPMS enabled > PEXExtensionInit: Couldn't open default PEX font file Roman_M > <mycomment> > long line of unprintable chars > </mycomment> > warning: process set to nice value 0 instead of -10 as requested > > > -- > Mike M. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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