Sean Quinlan wrote: > > --- Alex Hunsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2001-09-22 20:10): > > I'm setting up a Debian system after a while away from linux. I've got > > Debian > > 2.2 r3 (potato). > > I can't start X up - when I try, I get the message "No mouse - couldn't find > > /dev/mouse0" (it might not be exactly device mouse0, but you get the jist). > > I've run xf86config and made sure that I've specified a PS/2 mouse, which is > > what I have attached, but it's not appearing on the system - there's nothing > > remotely called mouse in /dev/. Any ideas how to rememdy this? The mouse > > itself > > works fine, it was functioning ok on a windoze system a few days ago. (It's > > a > > standard microsoft intellimouse (with mouse wheel)). > > Edit the file /etc/X11/XF86Config and check that under the Pointer > section, the protocol is "ImPS/2" and the device is "/dev/psaux". > That should get the mouse up and running. While you're there, you'll > probably want to add the line > > ZAxisMapping 4 5 > > to the pointer section as well, as that will give you some support for > your wheel, although to get full support, you may want to install the > imwheel program (apt-get install imwheel). > > Lastly, if you find that your mouse works, but it jumps to the top > right corner every time you use it (or some other erratic behaviour), > you'll need to run "gpmconfig" as root, set the device to /dev/psaux, > the type to imps2 and the repeat rate to raw. > > Then edit your XF86Config file again, and change the mouse device to > /dev/gpmdata.
Thanks for this! My mouse now works, config file points at /dev/psaux. > > Another problem, while I'm at it - I've put a 3c network card in the machine > > (type: 3c905cx-txm) and downloaded the drivers from > > http://support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/nic/linuxdownloads.htm (the file I've > > d/l is the first one, 3c90x-1.0.0i.tar.gz). As per the instructions, I've > > gunziped and untarred the archive, and ran the file called "install3c90x" - > > when I do this, I get "file or directory not found" - but the file > > certainly is > > there! This install file has execute permission, I'm logged in as root, and > > I'm > > executing it as "./install3c90x" (note the ./), so I have no idea why I get > > this error. Anyone got any ideas? > > [And no, I'm not mistypng the filename, since I'm using tab-completion to > > get > > the full name of the file at the command prompt.] > > The problem no doubt lies with the fact that the file does not have > its executable bit set. Try running "chmod +x ./install3c90x" as root > and then try executing again. It's not that - read my original post again, especially this bit: >This install file has execute permission, I'm logged in as root, and ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ cheers alex -- Now playing: nothing at all
