On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 07:39:20AM -0500, Media 100 wrote: > > Chris' advice, and the file he porvided, worked perfectly. What I type is > now > what comes out; a considerable improvement. Unfortunately I still cannot get > > Xwindows to start and I suspect the mouse, as I indicated in my first post. > When I initiallly set the system up I had a terrible time getting the mouse > problem straightened out and now I suspect what I did then needs to somehow > be undone now. What that was consisted of having /etc/X11/XF86Config > contain the following lines: > protocol: IMPS/2 > device: "usbmouse" > I tried commenting these out, but then get an error that Xwindows sees no > mouse > protocol. But when I put them back, it again says cannot open mouse, no such > device, although > dmesg shows the kernel recognizing a Logitech optical PS/2 mouse, which is > right. All I've > come up with in the archives is about remapping the mouse buttons in the > keycode > file, but I'm not at all sure that's what I should do. Any advice, or > pointers to existing > advice would be most appreciated. > > Mike > > BTW, when trying to use the old (ADB) kernel, the: > > keyboard_sends_linux_keycodes=1 > > line doesn't seem to work. I'm assuming that this argument is given at the > yaboot "boot:" > prompt, following (in my case): debian: root-/dev/sda8. Is this correct?
It should work there, maybe your kernel doesn't recognize it. > Finally, sorry is these are stupid nwebie questions, but rest assured I go > around all the circles > I can think of before posting them. Use dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 -- although I'm not sure that was available in potato. Also, woody's xfree 86 has much better support for powerpc hardware, so it might be a better idea to just upgrade now. That will straighten out a lot of problems. When you do configure the mouse, you want the /dev/input/mice device, and imPS/2 should work as the protocol. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance) toff one at cox dot net
