Oops. Forgot to CC this to the list: "Brian W. Carver" wrote:
> Thank you very much. The PS/2 mouse now works after I did this in bash: > > apt-get remove gpm > > The mouse started working in X immediately. > > It was then much easier to try to deal with my screen resolution problem. > > It seems to me that xf86config does not allow you to tell it to default to > 32bpp > and so it kept booting X with only 8bpp (I think.) So, while this may not > have > been an ideal way to fix it, what worked was running Gnotepad to edit the > XF86Config file and just commenting out (with #) the three sections dealing > with > 8bpp 16bpp and 24bpp. By only giving it a 32bpp option, X starts with that > and > the screen looks great now. > > Next project is getting this thing on the internet. I have to install the > network cards (using modconf?) and figure out how to set up DHCP. I have two > ethernet cards in this box, one connected to the cable modem and the other > going > to a hub. The hub then connects up the other computers in my home office, > which > are both running Win98 (for now). I've tried to do some reading on internet > connection sharing via IPMASQUERADING, but some of those pages may as well be > written in Mandarin. If someone can point me to a newbie guide to getting > this > lan on the net via DHCP I'd appreciate it. > > Again, I'm running 2.2r5 potato and all my system details are further up this > thread. Thanks. > > Matijs van Zuijlen wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 09:43:35PM -0800, Brian W. Carver wrote: > > > [snip] > > > MY PROBLEM: I got the PS/2 mouse to work in the XFree86 setup by > > > choosing dev/psaux instead of dev/mouse, and it worked perfectly during > > > THAT setup routine. BUT, when I now boot into X (man was that an > > > accomplishment!) the mouse won't move at all at first and then when I > > > try to move it, it is very erratic, jumping all over the screen and > > > clicking buttons when I don't click. > > > > This should really be a FAQ by now. I think someone put it somewhere, > > but where ;) ? Anyway, my guess is: You have gpm running to use the > > mouse in the consoles. If that is the case, you have two options: > > > > 1) Disable gpm. This is the easy option. For verbosity's sake, typing > > > > apt-get remove gpm > > > > as root should do the trick. > > > > 2) Make X and gpm cooperate. This is more difficult. Basically, your > > /etc/gpm.conf should contain at least these lines: > > > > device=/dev/psaux > > repeat_type=raw > > type=ps2 > > > > There will be some other stuff there as well. The repeat_type line tells > > gpm to repeat the data exactly as it gets it. Other programs (i.e., X), > > can read that data from /dev/gpmdata. So now you need to change the line > > in XF86Config (or XF86Config-4) where it says /dev/psaux to read > > /dev/gpmdata. That's it. Restart gpm and X (in that order) and you're > > done. > > > > HTH > > > > -- > > Note that I use Debian version 3.0 > > Linux mus 2.4.17mvz4 #1 Fri Mar 15 23:30:15 CET 2002 i686 unknown > > > > Matijs > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Brian W. Carver -- Brian W. Carver brianwcarver at yahoo dot com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
