Hi, Im newbie in Linux and i had a lot of troubles since i installed.

Well, i have a compaq presario 1200-XL502a (P III 766, 64 RAM, 6.4 GB HD, Video Trident Cyberblade 1i, Mouse Touchpad Synaptics).

When i Start X the mouse doesnt look very well ... the pointer isnt an arrow .. it is two lines with garbage (like a TV when there is no signal), i can use it, give clicks and all stuff, but sume times X crash the computer and i really like to configure the mouse like a NORMAL cursor.

The video card it was problematic too. Finally a configured, using:

vga=788 in lilo.conf (without this ... video wont works!)
Generic LCD 800x600
Tirdent Ciberblade Generic
800x600x16 bits.
I installed the mouse as a generic PS/2 with 2 buttons.

Dou you have any ideas for this problem?

Thank you so much.

Jacko

Search the site for the same prob!

You need to edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config file (or XF86Config-4).

This post should help:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hlight=pointer

Thanks for reply!!!

Hi, i read that article ... BUT ... i didn´t find de #sw_cursor!!! that isn´t exist in both files (XF86Config and XF86Config-4). I Installed Red Hat 7.0 with X 4.03. What else can I DO?

Thanks

You can always add the entry yourself (not commented out). It goes in the device section of the file, where you state the Graphic card and the driver to use.

Me ... AGAIN!!! :-)

I write by myself sw_cursor ... but it didn´t work, instead i get another error message and doesn´t start X.

the error is:

According to /var/run/gdm.pid gdm was already running (XXX), but seems to have been murdered mysteriosly.

Where XXX its a diferent number each time that the error is showed.

I try to put the line "sw_cursor" in different places, and i get the same error.

Maybe i have to put "sw_cursor" with a directiove, like Option ... maybe??? Do you have any idea?

Thnak you very much for you help.

Sorry, if you use XFree86 version 4 or above then you need to add:


In the section: Device

Omit the Option word in version 3.3.6. (sorry!)

YEAH!!!!

The mouse Cursor is Fixed ... but ,.. What do "SW_CURDOR" ???!

and ... i still crashes X :-(

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

The "sw_cursor" option causes the cursor to be handled by software. By default, the hardware on the the graphics card provides cursor control, but some graphics cards don't handle this correctly, especially at higher resolutions or bit-depths. Cards with NVIDIA RIVA chipsets, among others, are known to have this problem.

What other problems are you having? "Still crashing X" is kind of vague; give us more detail and we can probably help you out.

Hi,

Details, well ... when i start GNOME or KDE, everything its fine, but after a few minutes the mouse cursor stops, and the computer doesnt respond (i check using the CAPSLOCK key, and the light doesnt work) and i have to turn it off in a bad way because its the only way!. It doesnt show any error message. I reallly dont know what to say obout details!!. I have a Compaq Presario 1200 XL502, Intel Celeron 766, 64Mb RAM, 6 Gb HD (4.5 for Windows [when i learn how to use Linux im going to leave Windows] and 1.2Gb for Linux and 128Mb for a swap partition of linux [a friend told me that i have to asign double of ram for swap partition]), Video Card Trident Cyberblade 2M (well it can be 2, 4 or 8 ... but linux only could work with 2 .. idont know why :-| ), the LCD ... dont know the facturer and model, i put Generic LCD 800x600 (800x600 its the maximun resolution of the LCD) for linux. CDROM 24x, Mouse Touchpad Synaptics (is there a driver for linux because i installed as a Genrerin PS/2 two bottons) and one socket PCMCIA (hey, i have a Novatel Wireless Modem MERLIN .. there is a driver for Linux???). Ihave two ports USB too. When Linux Starts it shows only one error about HTTPD service, something that couldn´t resolve the name and set the ServerName (its that ???).

Please tell me if you want to know something else. Again, Thanks for help me and be so patient with me.

Jacko
jacko@colomsat.net.co

Check your logs (computer ones!).

In /var/log/messages and the Xfree log for errors and such like. Try to work out the last message before the crash and let us know.

Hi,

Me again. Well, I search the log files. In messages, the only wrong (i thing) its,

Sep 8 23:00:13 localhost httpd: httpd: cannot determine local host name.
Sep 8 23:00:13 localhost httpd: Use the ServerName directive to set it manually.
Sep 8 23:00:13 localhost httpd: httpd startup failed.

At the XFree86.0.log (the last one), this:

:
(II) LoadModule: "v4l"
(WW) Warning, couldn't open module v4l
(II) UnloadModule: "v4l"
(EE) Failed to load module "v4l" (module does not exist, 0)
:
(**) TRIDENT(0): Depth 8, (--) framebuffer bpp 8
:
(WW) TRIDENT(0): Mode "640x350" deleted (vrefresh out of range)
(WW) TRIDENT(0): Mode "640x400" deleted (vrefresh out of range)
(WW) TRIDENT(0): Mode "720x400" deleted (vrefresh out of range)
(WW) TRIDENT(0): Mode "640x480" deleted (vrefresh out of range)
(WW) TRIDENT(0): Mode "640x480" deleted (vrefresh out of range)
(WW) TRIDENT(0): Mode "640x480" deleted (hsync out of range)
(WW) TRIDENT(0): Mode "800x600" deleted (hsync out of range)
(WW) TRIDENT(0): Mode "800x600" deleted (hsync out of range)
(WW) TRIDENT(0): Mode "800x600" deleted (hsync out of range)
(WW) TRIDENT(0): Mode "1024x768" deleted (vrefresh out of range)
(WW) TRIDENT(0): Mode "1024x768" deleted (hsync out of range)
(WW) TRIDENT(0): Mode "1024x768" deleted (hsync out of range)
(WW) TRIDENT(0): Mode "1024x768" deleted (hsync out of range)
(WW) TRIDENT(0): Mode "1024x768" deleted (hsync out of range)
(WW) TRIDENT(0): Mode "1152x864" deleted (hsync out of range)
(WW) TRIDENT(0): Mode "1280x960" deleted (hsync out of range)
(WW) TRIDENT(0): Mode "1280x960" deleted (hsync out of range)
(WW) TRIDENT(0): Mode "1280x1024" deleted (hsync out of range)
(WW) TRIDENT(0): Mode "1280x1024" deleted (hsync out of range)
(WW) TRIDENT(0): Mode "1280x1024" deleted (hsync out of range)
(WW) TRIDENT(0): Mode "1600x1200" deleted (hsync out of range)
(WW) TRIDENT(0): Mode "1600x1200" deleted (hsync out of range)
(WW) TRIDENT(0): Mode "1600x1200" deleted (hsync out of range)
(WW) TRIDENT(0): Mode "1600x1200" deleted (hsync out of range)
(WW) TRIDENT(0): Mode "1600x1200" deleted (hsync out of range)
(WW) TRIDENT(0): Mode "1792x1344" deleted (insufficient memory for mode)
(WW) TRIDENT(0): Mode "1792x1344" deleted (insufficient memory for mode)
(WW) TRIDENT(0): Mode "1856x1392" deleted (insufficient memory for mode)
(WW) TRIDENT(0): Mode "1856x1392" deleted (insufficient memory for mode)
(WW) TRIDENT(0): Mode "1920x1440" deleted (insufficient memory for mode)
(WW) TRIDENT(0): Mode "1920x1440" deleted (insufficient memory for mode)
(--) TRIDENT(0): Virtual size is 800x600 (pitch 1024)
(**) TRIDENT(0): Default mode "800x600": 40.0 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 60.3 Hz
(==) TRIDENT(0): DPI set to (75, 75)
:
(WW) TRIDENT(0): Option "sw_driver" is not used
:
(**) Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
(**) Mouse0: Protocol: "PS/2"
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Mouse0: Core Pointer
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
(==) Mouse0: Buttons: 3
(**) Option "Emulate3Buttons" "off"
(**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
(**) Mouse0: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
:

Thats all. I only send you the log of the lines that are marked as warnings and errors. If you want, i cant send you the full log files.

Thanks!

Jacko