Redux: [Cooker] Cooker glitches - does not detect mouse
- Original Message -
From: Pixel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 1999 9:57 AM
Subject: Re: [Cooker] Cooker glitches - does not detect mouse at the beginning of
install
"Hoyt" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Using cooker from a Dec 12 image, the install would not detect my PS/2
mouse. I aborted the install after a few screens; I did try to continue with
a "non-mouse" install but I did notice:
alas i don't know what the problem is. please test the following:
#!/usr/bin/perl
SNIP
print !hasMousePS2() "not ", "detected", "\n";
This returns "detected", but the cursor is frozen on the screen.
I updated packages from the mirror and re-ran genhdlist and gendepslist as you
suggested and burned a new CD-RW.
I tried both a hard disk install and a CD install and both instances an into the same
trouble with the mouse. It seems to detect it, but the cursor is frozen (it did work
that _one_ time before. I get the same error message ("shmget failed ... line 752) as
before. I looked at the log the time that it did work and did not see that particular
message.
I just ran it as an upgrade rather than an install - it did make a boot disk this time.
Any suggestions before I do an install rather than an update to see what happens?
Hoyt
Re: Redux: [Cooker] Cooker glitches - does not detect mouse
"Hoyt" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Any suggestions before I do an install rather than an update to see what happens? alas, no :(
Re: [Cooker] Cooker glitches - does not detect mouse at the beginning of install
Kaixo! On Thu, Dec 16, 1999 at 03:09:28PM -0700, Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On the language screen, is "Netherlands" spelled correctly? It is wrong (well, maybe 'neitherland' exists; but it doesn't mean the same). Fixing it. Uhhh, theres nothing wrong with it. That really is the correct spelling. Uh? Neitherlands but Netherlander ? -- Ki ça vos våye bén, Pablo Saratxaga http://www.ping.be/~pin19314/ PGP Key available, key ID: 0x8F0E4975
RE: [Cooker] Cooker glitches - does not detect mouse at the beg inning of install
It should be 'Nederlands', meaning Dutch Nederland is the country Holland -Original Message- From: Pablo Saratxaga [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 17, 1999 2:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Cooker] Cooker glitches - does not detect mouse at the beginning of install Kaixo! On Thu, Dec 16, 1999 at 03:09:28PM -0700, Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On the language screen, is "Netherlands" spelled correctly? It is wrong (well, maybe 'neitherland' exists; but it doesn't mean the same). Fixing it. Uhhh, theres nothing wrong with it. That really is the correct spelling. Uh? Neitherlands but Netherlander ? -- Ki ça vos våye bén, Pablo Saratxaga http://www.ping.be/~pin19314/ PGP Key available, key ID: 0x8F0E4975
RE: [Cooker] Cooker glitches - does not detect mouse at the beg inning of install
Kaixo! On Thu, Dec 16, 1999 at 03:09:28PM -0700, Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On the language screen, is "Netherlands" spelled correctly? It is wrong (well, maybe 'neitherland' exists; but it doesn't mean the same). Fixing it. Uhhh, theres nothing wrong with it. That really is the correct spelling. Uh? Neitherlands but Netherlander ? It's not NeitherLands (even thought that would be funny !), it's Netherlands. From my dictionary : Netherlands (the) npl les Pays-Bas mpl; in the nether, dans les ou aux Pays-Bas. -- David Faure [EMAIL PROTECTED] - KDE developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Mandrake [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Cramer Systems
Re: [Cooker] Cooker glitches - does not detect mouse at the beg inning of install
Kaixo! On Fri, Dec 17, 1999 at 02:44:05PM +0100, Patrick Putteman wrote: It should be 'Nederlands', meaning Dutch ..in Dutch, not in English :) -- Ki ça vos våye bén, Pablo Saratxaga http://www.ping.be/~pin19314/ PGP Key available, key ID: 0x8F0E4975
Re: [Cooker] Cooker glitches - does not detect mouse at the
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From: Pixel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Newsgroups: liste.cooker
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Sent: Thursday, December 16, 1999 7:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Cooker] Cooker glitches - does not detect mouse at the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Hoyt") writes:
[...]
I looked at the shortcut page and tried to finish the install using the
keyboard only (BTW, it detetcted the PS/2 mouse, but I had no cursor
:(
switching back and forth from console does not help?
No.
can you verify the /tmp/Xconf?
I will reinstall and look at it. Because of my work schedule (weekends), I
will not have the time to do this until Monday.
Cooker would not create
a boot disk, not run lilo and not test X successfully. (My install
configuration is for /dev/hda6 = /boot and /dev/hda14 = /). Upon
shutdown,
/dev/hda6 was empty (no kernel) and /etc/fstab was not configured
correctly.
do you install from /dev/hda6? that would be the problem...
I installed from the CD. Just because it pissed me off, I booted from a
rescue disk (I like the one from Peanut Linux because it includes mc) and
completed the installation, copying the /boot partition from my 6.1 install,
mounting it (/dev/hda6) properly as /boot and running chroot. It complained
a little and booted. Major fixing was required as many, many packages were
not installed (many from the base list like gawk and the related symlinks)
but I was able slog through and even got X running - thanks goodness for
ezrpm, you should make it part of the base install! Still a few problems:
You guys moved some of the desktop icons to another rpm and I haven't found
it yet, Netdrake won't run, drakX crashes and for the life of me, I cannot
get the font server working. Still, I got enough working to make me feel
better about my install and recovery skills
PS: i just added the following to SHORTCUTS:
in case of complete mouse sh**t
XFree86 provides a way of moving the mouse pointer:
- first, press Ctrl-Shift-NumLock
- then move the pointer with the keypad arrows
- press button is ``0'' (aka Inser)
- release button is ``.'' (aka Suppr)
This would be a BIG help. Thanks.
Hoyt
[Cooker] Cooker glitches - does not detect mouse at the beginning of install
Using cooker from a Dec 12 image, the install would not detect my PS/2 mouse. I aborted the install after a few screens; I did try to continue with a "non-mouse" install but I did notice: On the language screen, is "Netherlands" spelled correctly? The visual differences between a selected button and a non-selected button were not very noticable, making it difficult to use the tab, arrow and enter key to continue the install. The tab key won't take me to the info section to allow me to read the explanations of the choices. I finally stopped at the partitioning screen, fearing I would munge my drive. It seemed impossible to navigate this screen correctly without a mouse. Kudos on the look of the graphic-based install. I have not seen it since the September build. What file should be up-dated to fix the mouse problem? Hoyt
Re: [Cooker] Cooker glitches - does not detect mouse at the beginning of install
"Hoyt" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Using cooker from a Dec 12 image, the install would not detect my PS/2
mouse. I aborted the install after a few screens; I did try to continue with
a "non-mouse" install but I did notice:
On the language screen, is "Netherlands" spelled correctly?
ispell seems happy with it. someone knows better?
The visual differences between a selected button and a non-selected button
were not very noticable, making it difficult to use the tab, arrow and enter
key to continue the install.
this is a known i'm complaining about. Alas it can't be a priority since not a
lot of people do complain about it :-/
The tab key won't take me to the info section to allow me to read the
explanations of the choices.
do you really need help? ;-)
I finally stopped at the partitioning screen, fearing I would munge my
drive. It seemed impossible to navigate this screen correctly without a
mouse.
look at www.linux-mandrake.com/drakx/SHORTCUTS
Kudos on the look of the graphic-based install. I have not seen it since the
September build. What file should be up-dated to fix the mouse problem?
alas i don't know what the problem is. please test the following:
#!/usr/bin/perl
sub tryOpen($) {
local *F;
sysopen F, $_[0], 2048 and *F;
}
sub hasMousePS2() {
my $t; sysread(tryOpen("/dev/psaux") || return, $t, 256) != 1 || $t ne "\xFE";
}
print !hasMousePS2() "not ", "detected", "\n";
Re: [Cooker] Cooker glitches - does not detect mouse at the beginning of install
Pixel [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] I finally stopped at the partitioning screen, fearing I would munge my drive. It seemed impossible to navigate this screen correctly without a mouse. look at www.linux-mandrake.com/drakx/SHORTCUTS by the way, i only use keyboard when installing ;-) (at least in Recommended and Custom)
Re: [Cooker] Cooker glitches - does not detect mouse at the beginning of install
Kaixo! On Thu, Dec 16, 1999 at 03:56:53PM +0100, Pixel wrote: On the language screen, is "Netherlands" spelled correctly? ispell seems happy with it. someone knows better? It is wrong (well, maybe 'neitherland' exists; but it doesn't mean the same). Fixing it. -- Ki ça vos våye bén, Pablo Saratxaga http://www.ping.be/~pin19314/ PGP Key available, key ID: 0x8F0E4975
Re: [Cooker] Cooker glitches - does not detect mouse at the beginning of install
- Original Message - From: Pablo Saratxaga [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 16, 1999 11:14 AM Subject: Re: [Cooker] Cooker glitches - does not detect mouse at the beginning of install Kaixo! On Thu, Dec 16, 1999 at 03:56:53PM +0100, Pixel wrote: On the language screen, is "Netherlands" spelled correctly? ispell seems happy with it. someone knows better? It is wrong (well, maybe 'neitherland' exists; but it doesn't mean the same). Fixing it. Pixel says it is correct, so I'll go with that. I looked at the shortcut page and tried to finish the install using the keyboard only (BTW, it detetcted the PS/2 mouse, but I had no cursor control; there was a symlink error and an attempt to delete a directory that didn't exist by the time the gui screen popped up). Cooker would not create a boot disk, not run lilo and not test X successfully. (My install configuration is for /dev/hda6 = /boot and /dev/hda14 = /). Upon shutdown, /dev/hda6 was empty (no kernel) and /etc/fstab was not configured correctly. I will try a non-drak-X install and see how that goes. Hoyt
Re: [Cooker] Cooker glitches - does not detect mouse at the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Hoyt") writes:
[...]
I looked at the shortcut page and tried to finish the install using the
keyboard only (BTW, it detetcted the PS/2 mouse, but I had no cursor
:(
switching back and forth from console does not help?
can you verify the /tmp/Xconf?
control; there was a symlink error and an attempt to delete a directory that
didn't exist by the time the gui screen popped up).
that's not a problem (or at least not *the* problem).
Cooker would not create
a boot disk, not run lilo and not test X successfully. (My install
configuration is for /dev/hda6 = /boot and /dev/hda14 = /). Upon shutdown,
/dev/hda6 was empty (no kernel) and /etc/fstab was not configured correctly.
do you install from /dev/hda6? that would be the problem...
PS: i just added the following to SHORTCUTS:
in case of complete mouse sh**t
XFree86 provides a way of moving the mouse pointer:
- first, press Ctrl-Shift-NumLock
- then move the pointer with the keypad arrows
- press button is ``0'' (aka Inser)
- release button is ``.'' (aka Suppr)
