A few boot problems

cwwilson721 · 12-04-2004, 12:48 PM

OK...Been running Slackware for a few days now,but I seem to have made a big mistake.
I changed the configuration for graphical login,now cannot use mouse.
And what's worse,when I try to get to a console(either thru the login window or CTRL+ALT+fx,it only shows a solid cusor,nothing else.
If I type,it just looks at me like I'm an idiot(Which I guess I am).
What can I do?
Remember,I can't use the mouse,or type anything.
Any help will be greatly appreciated

P.S. Using Slackware 10,KDE Login and desktop.All was working fine before I changed to GUI Login

Hiper · 12-04-2004, 01:00 PM

no clue on the mouse
but ctrl-alt-f6 should work

cwwilson721 · 12-04-2004, 01:10 PM

It does'nt.Just get a black screen w/solid cursor in upper left.When I type,it just echos the letters.
CTRL+ALT+DEL reboots it tho

cwwilson721 · 12-04-2004, 01:23 PM

CTRL+ALT+F6 gets me too a working console.What editor should I use?

Hiper · 12-04-2004, 02:53 PM

you can learning vi (bit complicated at first)
or you can try pico (it's similar to DOS's edit).
pico comes with the pine package (an email client)

BajaNick · 12-04-2004, 04:00 PM

Use joe or pico, two very easy to learn editors. What did you change on the login? Did you change to runlevel 4 by modifying inittab? Try xwmconfig as user and choose another Graphical interface like gnome or fluxbox and see if the mouse works, If it does then KDE is the problem, If it doesnt youll have to edit xorg.conf (located in /etc/X11) to
make sure the mouse section is setup correctly.

cwwilson721 · 12-04-2004, 11:54 PM

OK>Setup how?

Hiper · 12-05-2004, 03:51 PM

I'm not sure what's your question
the files are
/etc/inittab (to change whether or not to enter to X mode at boot)
/etc/X11/xorg.conf (to change mouse and other X stuff)
both are well commented, so changing them should be easy

cwwilson721 · 12-05-2004, 11:19 PM

No.I meant"How do I setup the mouse correctly?"...I know which files to change back(Already did so) but I still have no mouse in X....Need help with that. Already tried to reset it all with the config,but mouse still won't work(PS2 mouse)

DaHammer · 12-06-2004, 12:00 AM

For X the mouse is configured in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. How it's configured depends on the mouse, but here is an example:

Code:

Section "InputDevice"

    Identifier  "Mouse1"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option "Protocol"    "Auto"
    Option "Device"      "/dev/mouse"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    
End Section

Then down at the bottom:

Code:

Section "ServerLayout"

    Identifier  "Simple Layout"

    Screen "Screen 1"

    InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

EndSection

egag · 12-06-2004, 08:16 AM

from cwwilson721; newbie-forum at 6.30 AM
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Yes.How about a nice,plain,easy to understand version?

1st,the questions:
1: How do I edit ,in console,the files I originally changed in Xwindows
2:How do get the mouse(PS2) to work again in X? (xorgconfig did not work)

Please,in plain englis...the answer 'nano -w /path/to/file ctrl o plus enter to save ctrl x to exit" means
less to me than what colr toilet paper Bill Gates uses in his 3rd floor bathroom.(Newbie forum). A nice plain answer is appreciated.And 'nano' is not installed on my version of Slackware(V10)
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don't put Q'.s twice....that's confusing and spreads the discussion and is not allowed.
why do you state in this forum you have edited the file you wanted to, while asking how to do that 10 min.s later in another forum.
( my reaction there is thus obsolete i guess, and was a waste of time... )

egag

erawkcals · 12-07-2004, 12:59 AM

Hi, for the mouse I would recommend setting the mouse to auto in xorg.conf.
Regards,