X won't start, coz mouse not found ; just installed Slackware 9.1
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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)
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Problem related specs::::
a. video card is nVidia Geoforce 4
b. monitor is FPD1810 (Gateway's Flat Panel).
c. Logitech USB wheel mouse (optical)
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Problems:::::
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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:
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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:_
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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:
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XF86Config for Slackware is as follows: (NOTE: i'm copying only mouse/monitor/video card related
text)
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# *************************************************************
# 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.
# 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.
# 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.
# 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.
# "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)
# 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".
# 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
# 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
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:
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(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
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Re: X won't start, coz mouse not found ; just installed Slackware 9.1
Quote:
Originally posted by Pisces107
(snip) 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'.
$man grub
$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:
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:_
Either you edit your /etc/rc.d/rc.M and comment the following lines:
# 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:
XF86Config for Slackware is as follows: (NOTE: i'm copying only mouse/monitor/video card related
text)
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# *************************************************************
# 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"
Here you need to modify "PS/2" to "IMPS/2"
Quote:
# 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"
$ls -als /dev/mouse
It should point to /dev/input/mice.
Quote:
where as my Red Hat 9's XF86Config file is as follows : (NOTE: this is the whole file text)
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