hi Balajee, i've been paying attention to the mandrake newbie list, and the xfree newbie lists.
a small group of users seem to be having this problem where x loads but freezes, including me. this seems especially prevalent on recent distributions and current kernels, eg. RH7.3, Mandrake 8.2, 2.4.18 kernels, X4.2. however, there doesn't seem to be a pattern where hardware is involved. well, i'm very much a newbie myself, so i don't know how to troubleshoot, but to skirt around the issue, you can try installed a slightly backdated distro, and selectively upgrading packages... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Balajee Shrikanth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 9:46 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] X and Mouse related problem > Hi Derek, > > I have tried all that you have suggested but the situation remains same. > > Here is the /proc/interupts output > > cat /proc/interrupts > > CPU0 > 0: 449087 XT-PIC timer > 1: 5108 XT-PIC keyboard > 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade > 8: 1 XT-PIC rtc > 9: 4621 XT-PIC eth0 > 12: 116 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse > 14: 21061 XT-PIC ide0 > 15: 3 XT-PIC ide1 > NMI: 0 > LOC: 0 > ERR: 0 > MIS: 0 > > I am quite desperate to get this fixed. > > Thanks in advance, > Balajee > > > At 10:07 AM 13/05/02 +0100, Derek Jennings wrote: > >On Monday 13 May 2002 9:23 am, Balajee Shrikanth wrote: > > > I have a Pentium II 450 MHz machine with 512 MB RAM and 40 GB Harddisk. It > > > has a AGP Riva TNT2 32MB Display Card, > > > US Standard Keyboard and a 2 Button PS/2 Mouse. > > > > > > X Version - > > > > > > XFree86 Version 4.2.0 / X Window System > > > (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600) > > > Release Date: 23 January 2002 > > > > > > > > > I have installed Mandrake 8.2 from the CD and during installation the mouse > > > works perfectly fine during installation process. Once the > > > installation is complete and when I startx from command prompt, the system > > > freezes when I move the mouse. At that point > > > the keyboard is also locked and i am not able to even do a numlock or a > > > caps lock. > > > > > > If I start X and ensure that the mouse is not touched, I am able to > > > navigate with the keyboard. If I use the mouse, the system freezes. > > > > > > I suspected problem with mouse and I have tested with another one. I > > > suspected problem with distribution - so tried RH7.2 and > > > ASPLinux7.2. Both are similar - mouse works fine during installation (From > > > ISO CDs) and once I startx after logging in, the system > > > freezes. If it is a hardware problem, then my reasoning is that the mouse > > > should not work during installation as well. > > > > > > I have tried it with gpm enabled and disabled. I have tried different types > > > of mouse including wheel mouse. I have tried all > > > combination in mouseconfig and Xconfigurator. I am not able to see any > > > error in the XFree86 log found in /var/log. > > > > > > I have tried KDE, GNOME, ICEWM - all have the same problem. > > > > > > Can any one give me an idea of what could be wrong? I have been grappling > > > with this problem for last 2 weeks and searches > > > in google/user groups dont help me much. > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > > > Kind Regards, > > > Balajee Shrikanth > > > >Assuming you have already tried selecting a basic 2 button mouse, then my > >next guess would be an IRQ conflict. > >Try going to a console (Ctr+Alt+F2) log on and take a look at the interrupts > > > >'more /proc/interrupts' (without the quotes) > > > >You can then play with your BIOS to try to reassign interrupts. Moving cards > >to different slots can sometimes help too. > > > >HTH > > > >derek > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > --
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