Re: Xf86 4.1.0.1 configuration problem

> > Have you tried: > > apt-get install xserver-xfree86 > > XFree86 version 4.x uses a new modules-based one-size-fits-all xserver. > It's possible you're using a card-specific xserver from the 3.x series, > which may or may not work with the 4.x series. > I am certain that I am using xfree86 4

Xf86 4.1.0.1 configuration problem

I am trying to get X configured and started on my woody box, but I cannot seem to make it happen. I have run and rerun dpkg-reconfigure on X a number of times, and hand audited the config file for obvious errors (to the best of my ability with a limited knowledge of the arcane art of X configurati

debconf/whiptail problem

I recently attempted a large apt-get update then upgrade on my woody box. It wanted to upgrade about 125 packages, and everthing was going smoothly until is was pre-configuring (I think) ssh. When it tried to bring up the screen (using whiptail) asking if I wanted to install ssh suid, it got as f

gpm config continued

I have verified that my ps2 port is in fact working. Strangely, I actually got a cursor spasm on my screen when I was fiddling with the mouse, so I guess my problem is simply a gpm configuration problem after all. -Conor

Re: gpm config difficulties

> Does /var/log/dmesg indicate the PS/2 mouse port was detected? > > -- > Jerome > As a matter of fact dmesg does not indicate that a PS/2 mouse port was detected. I am not sure why this is, because the box certainly does. Alas, I guess I have to start digging around and see if I can find out w

gpm config difficulties

Try as I might I cannot seem to get gpm to configure properly on my box. I have tried a lot of configurations using the gpmconfig program, and none of them have worked. gpm is starting and running, with no output to the syslog, and no cursor on the screen when I move the mouse. I know the mouse w