Re: X Strangeness with mouse after new install
Artimus Dink wrote: > One thing I've found is that if I do a 'modprobe > psmouse' prior to 'startx', then X will start straight > away and the mouse works fine... any ideas? I am guessing that either hotplug or discover or something else is installed on my machine and loading that module automatically while on your machine it is not. Add psmouse to /etc/modules so that it is always loaded. This was always needed previously with woody. It is a tried and true method. Bob signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: X Strangeness with mouse after new install
> > Not a clue. But is your mouse outputing > information? Try this. When > you move the mouse you should see some data from the > device. Break > out of it to stop it. > > sudo od -tx1 /dev/psaux > > If you have mousedev loaded then the /dev/input/mice > should work too. > > sudo od -tx1 /dev/input/mice > > If you don't see anything then there is no way that > X11 will see > anything either. > > Bob Sorry about the empty reply... caffiene is a bad idea this late in the evening... I definately get output from both sudo commands, and 'lsmod' confirms that the modules are loaded after I manage to get X up and working. Again, I tried adding psmouse and mousedev to /etc/modules, but in that case X starts but the mouse doesn't work at all. One thing I've found is that if I do a 'modprobe psmouse' prior to 'startx', then X will start straight away and the mouse works fine... any ideas? __ Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page Try My Yahoo! http://my.yahoo.com
Re: X Strangeness with mouse after new install
--- Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Artimus Dink wrote: > > (**) Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" > > (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/psaux > > No such device. > > (EE) Configured Mouse: cannot open input device > > (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Configured > Mouse" > > [...] > > (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > > (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device > > /dev/input/mice > > No such device. > > Hmm... > > > If I try 'startx' again, I get this... > > That seems really bizarre to me. I am sure most > people are not seeing > such strange stuff. > > > someone suggested adding mousedev and pmouse to > > /etc/modules. If I do this, X starts on the first > > try, but the mouse doesn't work at all. > > That seems reasonable. I usually have those on > woody machines. Sarge > has both hotplug and discover and one of those loads > those drivers for > me at system boot time. > > > I looked at /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and found that I > > have entries for "Configured Mouse" at > "/dev/psaux" > > and "Generic Mouse" at "/dev/input/mice". This > struck > > me as a bit odd, but I have an x86 machine running > > Debian Sarge... its XF86Config-4 is set up the > same > > way and X has always worked flawlessly. > > That looks normal for me. That is how you can have > both a (im)ps2 > mouse and a usb mouse at the same time. > > > Can someone tell me what's going on? I've run > Fedora > > Not a clue. But is your mouse outputing > information? Try this. When > you move the mouse you should see some data from the > device. Break > out of it to stop it. > > sudo od -tx1 /dev/psaux > > If you have mousedev loaded then the /dev/input/mice > should work too. > > sudo od -tx1 /dev/input/mice > > If you don't see anything then there is no way that > X11 will see > anything either. > > Bob > > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature name=signature.asc __ Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page Try My Yahoo! http://my.yahoo.com
Re: X Strangeness with mouse after new install
See my answer for "kdm and psaux" post http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64/2004/11/msg00181.html post -- Slava Risenberg
Re: X Strangeness with mouse after new install
Artimus Dink wrote: > (**) Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" > (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/psaux > No such device. > (EE) Configured Mouse: cannot open input device > (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Configured Mouse" > [...] > (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device > /dev/input/mice > No such device. Hmm... > If I try 'startx' again, I get this... That seems really bizarre to me. I am sure most people are not seeing such strange stuff. > someone suggested adding mousedev and pmouse to > /etc/modules. If I do this, X starts on the first > try, but the mouse doesn't work at all. That seems reasonable. I usually have those on woody machines. Sarge has both hotplug and discover and one of those loads those drivers for me at system boot time. > I looked at /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and found that I > have entries for "Configured Mouse" at "/dev/psaux" > and "Generic Mouse" at "/dev/input/mice". This struck > me as a bit odd, but I have an x86 machine running > Debian Sarge... its XF86Config-4 is set up the same > way and X has always worked flawlessly. That looks normal for me. That is how you can have both a (im)ps2 mouse and a usb mouse at the same time. > Can someone tell me what's going on? I've run Fedora Not a clue. But is your mouse outputing information? Try this. When you move the mouse you should see some data from the device. Break out of it to stop it. sudo od -tx1 /dev/psaux If you have mousedev loaded then the /dev/input/mice should work too. sudo od -tx1 /dev/input/mice If you don't see anything then there is no way that X11 will see anything either. Bob signature.asc Description: Digital signature
X Strangeness with mouse after new install
I have a fresh install of Debian amd64 / pure64. Most everything seems to work fine, but I have a hard time getting X started. Initially I disabled xdm, but it didn't help any. Basically, I'll type 'startx', wait a few seconds and x will fail. The last few lines of /var/log/XFree86.0.log read... (II) Keyboard "Generic Keyboard" handled by legacy driver (**) Option "Protocol" "PS/2" (**) Configured Mouse: Protocol: "PS/2" (**) Option "CorePointer" (**) Configured Mouse: Core Pointer (**) Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/psaux No such device. (EE) Configured Mouse: cannot open input device (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Configured Mouse" (II) UnloadModule: "mouse" (**) Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" (**) Generic Mouse: Protocol: "ImPS/2" (**) Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" (**) Generic Mouse: always reports core events (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/mice No such device. (EE) Generic Mouse: cannot open input device (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Generic Mouse" (II) UnloadModule: "mouse" (WW) No core pointer registered No core pointer Fatal server error: failed to initialize core devices If I try 'startx' again, I get this... (II) Keyboard "Generic Keyboard" handled by legacy driver (**) Option "Protocol" "PS/2" (**) Configured Mouse: Protocol: "PS/2" (**) Option "CorePointer" (**) Configured Mouse: Core Pointer (**) Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" (**) Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" (**) Configured Mouse: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50 (**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" (**) Configured Mouse: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5 (**) Configured Mouse: Buttons: 5 (**) Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" (**) Generic Mouse: Protocol: "ImPS/2" (**) Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" (**) Generic Mouse: always reports core events (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" (**) Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" (**) Generic Mouse: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50 (**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" (**) Generic Mouse: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5 (**) Generic Mouse: Buttons: 5 (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Generic Mouse" (type: MOUSE) (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Configured Mouse" (type: MOUSE) (II) Configured Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded (II) Generic Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded Warning: font renderer for ".pcf" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".pcf.Z" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".pcf.gz" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".snf" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".snf.Z" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".snf.gz" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".bdf" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".bdf.Z" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".bdf.gz" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".pmf" already registered at priority 0 (II) RADEON(0): [drm] removed 1 reserved context for kernel (II) RADEON(0): [drm] unmapping 8192 bytes of SAREA 0xff36a000 at 0x2a9dc4a000 = After which X will hang, then display garbage. Usually on the third or forth try, X starts and everything seems to work fine. I did a bit of Googling for similar situations, and someone suggested adding mousedev and pmouse to /etc/modules. If I do this, X starts on the first try, but the mouse doesn't work at all. I've checked to see that the mouse devices exist... [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -al /dev/psaux /dev/input/mice crw-rw 1 root root 13, 63 2004-09-18 17:53 /dev/input/mice crw--- 1 root root 10, 1 2004-09-18 17:51 /dev/psaux I looked at /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and found that I have entries for "Configured Mouse" at "/dev/psaux" and "Generic Mouse" at "/dev/input/mice". This struck me as a bit odd, but I have an x86 machine running Debian Sarge... its XF86Config-4 is set up the same way and X has always worked flawlessly. However, I tried removing one or the other entry on my amd64 to see if this would help. Either it made no difference or X didn't work at all. Other relevant information... Video Card: ATI-Radeon 9200 (using debian ati driver) Kernel Version: 2.6.9-9-amd64-k8 XFree86 version: 4.3.0.1 Can someone tell me what's going on? I've run Fedora on this machine without any problems (well, without this problem), so I don't think it's a hardware issue... I can post my entire XF86Config-4 file and my XFree86 log files if it would help, but I thought I'd ask first. Thanks in advance. __ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com
