On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:10:22 +0200 Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You seem to have two problems: > > 1) graphics card > > Try to comment out the "VideoRam 4000" line from xorg.conf. If this does > not make the error go away then you have to reduce your resolution > and/or DefaultDepth. I think this error is not the reason for X to fail > completely, but your graphics rendering will be significantly faster and > use less CPU cycles if you get the DRI (direct rendering infrastructure) > going. > > 2) mouse and touchpad > > There is a problem with the device node for mouse and touchpad. Try to > do "modprobe psmouse" as root and check if you can start X after that. > If this does not help then we need the output of these two commands: > > ls -l /dev/input/by-id > awk '/Section "InputDevice"/,/EndSection/' /etc/X11/xorg.conf > > Another thing to try is to add > > Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true" > > to the ServerFlags section of your xorg.conf (see "man xorg.conf"). This > will at least tell you if it is really the mouse issue that keeps X from > starting. > > -- > Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer > Florian | 1. Commenting out VideoRam 4000 line in /etc/X11/xorg.conf: No change. Reducing screen default depth from 24 to 16 to 8: No change. 2. modprobe psmouse as root then type X to start X: No change. ls -l /dev/input/by-id reports no such file name. ls -l /dev/input/ reports the following: total 0 crw-rw---- 1 root root 13, 64 2005-02-26 00:43 event0 crw-rw---- 1 root root 13, 65 2005-02-26 00:43 event1 crw-rw---- 1 root root 13, 66 2005-02-26 00:43 event2 crw-rw---- 1 root root 13, 67 2005-02-26 00:43 event3 crw-rw---- 1 root root 13, 0 2005-02-26 00:43 js0 crw-rw---- 1 root root 13, 1 2005-02-26 00:43 js1 crw-rw---- 1 root root 13, 2 2005-02-26 00:43 js2 crw-rw---- 1 root root 13, 3 2005-02-26 00:43 js3 crw-rw---- 1 root root 13, 63 2005-02-26 00:43 mice crw-rw---- 1 root root 13, 32 2005-02-26 00:43 mouse0 crw-rw---- 1 root root 13, 33 2005-02-26 00:43 mouse1 crw-rw---- 1 root root 13, 34 2005-02-26 00:43 mouse2 crw-rw---- 1 root root 13, 35 2005-02-26 00:43 mouse3 awk '/Section "InputDevice"/,/EndSection/' /etc/X11/xorg.conf reports the following: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "kbd" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "pc102" Option "XkbLayout" "us" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Protocol" "PS/2" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad" Driver "synaptics" Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0" EndSection Added to xorg.config ServerFlags Section: Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true" X fails on first resolution attempted. Boots to gray background with X crosshairs, no mouse, no menu on second attempt. John On-Site Services. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
