Re: /dev/input/mice & NVidia

2005-04-16 Thread Matthew Burgess
Jeremy Huntwork wrote: I've simply had trouble getting the nv driver to behave like a normal driver. Last time I tried it, I couldn't get it to run 1024x768x24. Same here, when doing an `xorg -configure' at least. Running through `xorgconfig' got it working just fine though, and like Andrew, I'm

Re: /dev/input/mice & NVidia

2005-04-16 Thread Jeremy Huntwork
Andrew Benton wrote: Jeremy Huntwork wrote: I don't have a TV attached to the computer or need any of the other fancy features the Nvidia module is supposed to provide. Life's a lot simpler without it, in my opinion, it's more trouble than it's worth. But as always, Your milage may vary I've simp

Re: /dev/input/mice & NVidia

2005-04-16 Thread Andrew Benton
Jeremy Huntwork wrote: Er. What's the trouble with the nvidia drivers? There's nothing to them. Just keep your (compiled) kernel source around. They work great. Much better than the open source nv driver. I used to use the Nvidia module but it seemed to break with every new kernel. Plus it ma

Re: /dev/input/mice & NVidia

2005-04-15 Thread Matthew Burgess
Jason Gurtz wrote: > Straying OT here but I saw the recent announcment from Via over their > contribution of open source drivers for the S3 and their other brands > chips and also from Volari. There's also the fully open graphics card currently being developed by techsource. The mailing list is a

Re: /dev/input/mice & NVidia

2005-04-15 Thread Jason Gurtz
On 4/15/2005 14:45, S. Anthony Sequeira wrote: > So back to the open source driver for me. And a promise *not* to buy an > nvidia card again. Straying OT here but I saw the recent announcment from Via over their contribution of open source drivers for the S3 and their other brands chips and also

Re: /dev/input/mice & NVidia

2005-04-15 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
On Fri, 2005-04-15 at 10:19 -0700, Doug Ronne wrote: > And the open source drivers do not have 3D support, multihead support, > or TV-out support. There are a lot of good reasons for using the > nvidia drivers. > > -Doug Yes, when they work with your card that is. They stopped working with min

Re: /dev/input/mice & NVidia

2005-04-15 Thread Doug Ronne
And the open source drivers do not have 3D support, multihead support, or TV-out support. There are a lot of good reasons for using the nvidia drivers. -Doug On 4/15/05, Jeremy Huntwork <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew Benton wrote: > > Donal Farrell wrote: > > Yes, give up on the closed sour

Re: /dev/input/mice & NVidia

2005-04-15 Thread Jeremy Huntwork
Andrew Benton wrote: Donal Farrell wrote: Yes, give up on the closed source Nvidia drivers, they're more trouble than they're worth. Use the open source nv driver that comes with Xorg. If you do want to install the nvidia drivers, you have to compile xorg first. Er. What's the trouble with the n

Re: /dev/input/mice & NVidia

2005-04-15 Thread Donal Farrell
Yes on SuSE, /dev/mouse is a symlink to /dev/input/mice there is a /dev/psaux (i'm unsure what it does though) i did some of the X configureation in chroot, and when I look into /mnt/lfs/dev on SuSe (which should be the /dev for LFS) I only see /dev/console /dev/null and tty, but when I boot into

Re: /dev/input/mice & NVidia

2005-04-15 Thread Andrew Benton
Donal Farrell wrote: Hi there. I'm having a little trouble with Xorg-6.8.2 in BLFS 6.0 My mouse is not detected ImPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse and there is no /dev/mouse either. I am sticking rigidly to the book and used /dev/input/mice Have you tried /dev/psaux? A good place to look for guidance is

/dev/input/mice & NVidia

2005-04-15 Thread Donal Farrell
Hi there. I'm having a little trouble with Xorg-6.8.2 in BLFS 6.0 My mouse is not detected ImPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse and there is no /dev/mouse either. I am sticking rigidly to the book and used /dev/input/mice Also, something that could be part of the problem is the Nvidia drivers ( I download

/dev/input/mice & NVidia

2005-04-15 Thread Donal Farrell
Hi there. I'm having a little trouble with Xorg-6.8.2 in BLFS 6.0 My mouse is not detected ImPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse and there is no /dev/mouse either. I am sticking rigidly to the book and used /dev/input/mice Also, something that could be part of the problem is the Nvidia drivers ( I download