X won't start, coz mouse not found ; just installed Slackware 9.1
hi, i just installed Slackware 9.1 (kernel 2.4.22) except KDE,GNOME . i have two main problems .
(it's a long post, but i would rather provide as much information as i think is at least needed) ---------------- Problem related specs:::: a. video card is nVidia Geoforce 4 b. monitor is FPD1810 (Gateway's Flat Panel). c. Logitech USB wheel mouse (optical) ----------------- ------------ Problems::::: ------------ 1. i'm unable to install LILO as the boot loader; i did choose to install lilo, but i think it couldn't overwrite the GRUB in the MBR. i have Windows & RH 9 already setup with GRUB. so is there anyway i can put entries for Slackware OR install LILO and put RH's and Windows' entries in LILO? and how?.... slckware's "/boot" is 'hdb7' and RH's "/boot" is 'hdb2' ; and last but not the least, Windows' boot is 'hda1'. 2. when Slackware bootsup (with a boot floppy), before i get the login prompt i get this following error message: -------------- Updating Xfonts indexes: /usr/X11R6/bin/fc-cache Starting gpm: /usr/sbin/gpm -m /dev/mouse -t imps2 gpm: oops() invoked from gpm.c(977) /dev/mouse:no such device Welcome to Linux 2.4.22(tty1) slack login:_ -------------- i have Logitech's USB wheel mouse, which RH 8/9 recognizes w/o any problems. when i 'startx' , it comes with the error message: ------------- ------------- XF86Config for Slackware is as follows: (NOTE: i'm copying only mouse/monitor/video card related text) ------------------------------------------------------- # ************************************************************* # Core Pointer's InputDevice section # ************************************************************* Section "InputDevice" # Identifier and driver Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" # On platforms where PnP mouse detection is supported the following # protocol setting can be used when using a newer PnP mouse: # Option "Protocol" "Auto" # The available mouse protocols types that you can set below are: # Auto BusMouse GlidePoint GlidePointPS/2 IntelliMouse IMPS/2 # Logitech Microsoft MMHitTab MMSeries Mouseman MouseManPlusPS/2 # MouseSystems NetMousePS/2 NetScrollPS/2 OSMouse PS/2 SysMouse # ThinkingMouse ThinkingMousePS/2 Xqueue Option "Protocol" "PS/2" # The mouse device. The device is normally set to /dev/mouse, # which is usually a symbolic link to the real device. Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" # Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" # Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0" # Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS1" # When using XQUEUE, comment out the above two lines, and uncomment # the following line. # Option "Protocol" "Xqueue" # Baudrate and SampleRate are only for some Logitech mice. In # almost every case these lines should be omitted. # Option "BaudRate" "9600" # Option "SampleRate" "150" # Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button Microsoft mice # Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms) # Option "Emulate3Buttons" # Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50" # ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice # Option "ChordMiddle" EndSection # ************************************************************* # Monitor section # ************************************************************* # Any number of monitor sections may be present Section "Monitor" Identifier "My Monitor" # HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified. # HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a # comma separated list of ranges of values. # NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S # USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS. HorizSync 31.5 - 50.0 # HorizSync 30-64 # multisync # HorizSync 31.5, 35.2 # multiple fixed sync frequencies # HorizSync 15-25, 30-50 # multiple ranges of sync frequencies # VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified. # VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a # comma separated list of ranges of values. # NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S # USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS. VertRefresh 40-90 EndSection # ************************************************************* # Graphics device section # ************************************************************* # Any number of graphics device sections may be present Section "Device" Identifier "VESA Framebuffer" Driver "vesa" #VideoRam 4096 # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate EndSection # ************************************************************* # Screen sections # ************************************************************* # Any number of screen sections may be present. Each describes # the configuration of a single screen. A single specific screen section # may be specified from the X server command line with the "-screen" # option. Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen 1" Device "VESA Framebuffer" Monitor "My Monitor" # If your card can handle it, a higher default color depth (like 24 or 32) # is highly recommended. # DefaultDepth 8 # DefaultDepth 16 DefaultDepth 24 # DefaultDepth 32 # "1024x768" is also a conservative usable default resolution. If you # have a better monitor, feel free to try resolutions such as # "1152x864", "1280x1024", "1600x1200", and "1800x1400" (or whatever your # card/monitor can produce) Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 32 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubsection EndSection # ************************************************************* # ServerLayout sections. # ************************************************************* # Any number of ServerLayout sections may be present. Each describes # the way multiple screens are organised. A specific ServerLayout # section may be specified from the X server command line with the # "-layout" option. In the absence of this, the first section is used. # When now ServerLayout section is present, the first Screen section # is used alone. Section "ServerLayout" # The Identifier line must be present Identifier "Simple Layout" # Each Screen line specifies a Screen section name, and optionally # the relative position of other screens. The four names after # primary screen name are the screens to the top, bottom, left and right # of the primary screen. In this example, screen 2 is located to the # right of screen 1. Screen "Screen 1" # Each InputDevice line specifies an InputDevice section name and # optionally some options to specify the way the device is to be # used. Those options include "CorePointer", "CoreKeyboard" and # "SendCoreEvents". InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ where as my Red Hat 9's XF86Config file is as follows : (NOTE: this is the whole file text) --------------------------------------------------------- # XFree86 4 configuration created by redhat-config-xfree86 Section "ServerLayout" # Identifier "Anaconda Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "Files" # The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the # file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally # no need to change the default. # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" FontPath "unix/:7100" EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" Load "extmod" Load "fbdevhw" Load "dri" Load "glx" Load "record" Load "freetype" Load "type1" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # Option "AutoRepeat" "500 5" # when using XQUEUE, comment out the above line, and uncomment the # following line # Option "Protocol" "Xqueue" # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1)) # Option "Xleds" "1 2 3" # To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable. # Option "XkbDisable" # To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the # lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S. # keyboard, you will probably want to use: # Option "XkbModel" "pc102" # If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use: # Option "XkbModel" "microsoft" # # Then to change the language, change the Layout setting. # For example, a german layout can be obtained with: # Option "XkbLayout" "de" # or: # Option "XkbLayout" "de" # Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" # # If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and # control keys, use: # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps" #Option "XkbOptions" "" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "keyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "us" #Option "XkbVariant" "" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Monitor Vendor" ModelName "FPD1810" HorizSync 31.0 - 81.0 VertRefresh 56.0 - 85.0 Option "dpms" EndSection Section "Device" # no known options #BusID Identifier "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)" Driver "vesa" VendorName "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)" BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 16 SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection -------------------------------------------------------------- when i do the 'startx', it looks like graphical screen is going to diplayed ( i can see the blurred horizontal lines, as used to appear in RH9 before graphical display) but then error messages are displayed instead. which are: ------------------------- (EE) Mouse1: cannot open input device (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Mouse1" No core pointer Fatal server error: failed to initialize core devices When reporting problems .........<<<< here the standard error message lines regarding reporting errors to XFree86 are spitted >>>>>>>....... .........xfree86@xfree86.org XIO: fatal IO error 104(Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0" after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events ----------------------------- anyone have any solution, advice or help? thanks. |
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Re: X won't start, coz mouse not found ; just installed Slackware 9.1
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$man lilo Edit your /etc/lilo.conf in your root slackware partition and add the following: #modify '/boot/kernelimage' to reflect the path to the kernel image in your RH9 partition image = /boot/kernelimage root = /dev/hdb2 label = RH9 read-only #modify '/boot/vmlinuz' to reflect the path to the kernel image in your Slackware partition image = /boot/vmlinuz root = /dev/hdb7 label = slack read-only other = /dev/hda1 label = windows table = /dev/hda Quote:
# Start the GPM mouse server: if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.gpm ]; then . /etc/rc.d/rc.gpm start fi Or recompile your kernel and enable USB mouse support. But anyway I suggest recompiling the kernel after a fresh Slack install, cause it would help you learn a bit more Linux if you didn't from your RH experience. Quote:
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It should point to /dev/input/mice. Quote:
This should solve your problems. |
i tried that too, but didn'twork.
in short , what i understand is ,Slackware is not recognizing my USB device(s) hence not recognizing my mouse. http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=128202 |
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