winter break

2000-12-16 Thread Seth Arnold
[this email is almost entirely useless.] I am off for winter break in a very short time. Once the debian web servers are back online, I am going to unsubscribe from debian-x -- best of luck to the regulars covering the myriad questions people manage to ask. :) I figured a heads-up was in order

usb mice in 4.0.1-12

2000-12-16 Thread James Bromberger
Is anyone else using a USB mouse with 4.0.1-12? I have got it working with gpm from console, so I know I have all the modules running (under 2.4.0-t12), but when I stop gpm and try to use the device, /dev/input/mouse0 directly, it dosen't work. Now I have read and re-read /usr/share/doc/xserve

Re: usb mice in 4.0.1-12

2000-12-16 Thread Charl P. Botha
On Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 01:52:35AM +0800, James Bromberger wrote: > Is anyone else using a USB mouse with 4.0.1-12? I have got it working with > gpm from console, so I know I have all the modules running (under 2.4.0-t12), > but when I stop gpm and try to use the device, /dev/input/mouse0 directl

Re: usb mice in 4.0.1-12

2000-12-16 Thread James Bromberger
On Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 07:00:52PM +0100, Charl P. Botha wrote: > On Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 01:52:35AM +0800, James Bromberger wrote: > Read some more. :) /dev/input/mouse? and /dev/input/mice are PS/2 > "compatible" interfaces. > Please see /usr/src/linux/Documentation/usb/input.txt for details: y

Re: usb mice in 4.0.1-12

2000-12-16 Thread Charl P. Botha
On Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 02:11:43AM +0800, James Bromberger wrote: > On Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 07:00:52PM +0100, Charl P. Botha wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 01:52:35AM +0800, James Bromberger wrote: > > Read some more. :) /dev/input/mouse? and /dev/input/mice are PS/2 > > "compatible" interfaces

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2000-12-16 Thread sgeffro
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Re: dpkg having serious trouble trying to upgrade xlibs

2000-12-16 Thread reiner
"Antonio M. D'souza" wrote: > Ok, now I'm at a total loss! > I tried to remove ghostview as it contained a symlink that was conflicting > with xlibs but it gave me this (meaning I can no longer remove anything): > > quikbox:/home/quik# apt-get remove ghostview > Reading Package Lists... Done > Bui

Re: dpkg having serious trouble trying to upgrade xlibs

2000-12-16 Thread dave
Hello, all- I've had similar but sporadic dependency problems with the new X debs. apt-get hasn't been too successful in resolving things properly, even when the dependencies indicate a solution. My guess is that the complexity of X dependencies is really pushing apt-get, and apt-get -f is no hel

Re: dpkg having serious trouble trying to upgrade xlibs

2000-12-16 Thread djw
Dave, I had to put in this: DPkg::Options {"--force-overwrite";}; into /etc/apt/apt.conf. It's worked quite well for me. -- ** Derek J Witt** * Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Home Page: http://www.flinthills.c

usb mice in 4.0.1-12

2000-12-16 Thread James Bromberger
Is anyone else using a USB mouse with 4.0.1-12? I have got it working with gpm from console, so I know I have all the modules running (under 2.4.0-t12), but when I stop gpm and try to use the device, /dev/input/mouse0 directly, it dosen't work. Now I have read and re-read /usr/share/doc/xserv

Re: usb mice in 4.0.1-12

2000-12-16 Thread Charl P. Botha
On Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 01:52:35AM +0800, James Bromberger wrote: > Is anyone else using a USB mouse with 4.0.1-12? I have got it working with > gpm from console, so I know I have all the modules running (under 2.4.0-t12), > but when I stop gpm and try to use the device, /dev/input/mouse0 direct

Re: usb mice in 4.0.1-12

2000-12-16 Thread James Bromberger
On Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 07:00:52PM +0100, Charl P. Botha wrote: > On Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 01:52:35AM +0800, James Bromberger wrote: > Read some more. :) /dev/input/mouse? and /dev/input/mice are PS/2 > "compatible" interfaces. > Please see /usr/src/linux/Documentation/usb/input.txt for details:

Re: usb mice in 4.0.1-12

2000-12-16 Thread Charl P. Botha
On Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 02:11:43AM +0800, James Bromberger wrote: > On Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 07:00:52PM +0100, Charl P. Botha wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 01:52:35AM +0800, James Bromberger wrote: > > Read some more. :) /dev/input/mouse? and /dev/input/mice are PS/2 > > "compatible" interface

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2000-12-16 Thread sgeffro
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Re: dpkg having serious trouble trying to upgrade xlibs

2000-12-16 Thread reiner
"Antonio M. D'souza" wrote: > Ok, now I'm at a total loss! > I tried to remove ghostview as it contained a symlink that was conflicting > with xlibs but it gave me this (meaning I can no longer remove anything): > > quikbox:/home/quik# apt-get remove ghostview > Reading Package Lists... Done > Bu

Re: dpkg having serious trouble trying to upgrade xlibs

2000-12-16 Thread dave
Hello, all- I've had similar but sporadic dependency problems with the new X debs. apt-get hasn't been too successful in resolving things properly, even when the dependencies indicate a solution. My guess is that the complexity of X dependencies is really pushing apt-get, and apt-get -f is no he

Re: dpkg having serious trouble trying to upgrade xlibs

2000-12-16 Thread djw
Dave, I had to put in this: DPkg::Options {"--force-overwrite";}; into /etc/apt/apt.conf. It's worked quite well for me. -- ** Derek J Witt** * Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Home Page: http://www.flinthills.

winter break

2000-12-16 Thread Seth Arnold
[this email is almost entirely useless.] I am off for winter break in a very short time. Once the debian web servers are back online, I am going to unsubscribe from debian-x -- best of luck to the regulars covering the myriad questions people manage to ask. :) I figured a heads-up was in order...