Hello!
The cdrom finally mounts! Thanks Bruce! But... believe it or not, what
actually worked was when I accidentally typed: mount sonycd /cdrom!?!?!
ls /dev/sonycd still comes up empty, but the cdrom works. Im sure this
is probably bad, but I was so happy it finally worked I didnt want to
question it.
So I went ahead and used dselect to install a number of packages,
including the ones for X windows (was I bad?). I was able to find all the
information for the monitor, video card, etc. and the Xf86config seemed to go
fine. But now the xserver cant find the mouse! I got the final error
messages at the end after typing
startx (the rest of the messages are given further below):
System: `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp -w 1 -
R/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb -xkm -m us -em1 "The XKEYBOARD keymap
compiler (xkbcomp) reports:" -emp "> " -eml "Errors from xkbcomp
are not fatal to the X server" keymap/xfree86
compiled/xfree86.xkm'
Fatal server error:
Cannot open mouse (No such file or directory)
When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
the full server output, not just the last messages
X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
When I looked for /dev/mouse (or just plain mouse) with ls
no such file was found, and MAKEDEV gives the message dont know
how to make device mouse. The mouse itself is nothing special
just a microsoft standard serial mouse. :-(
Is there an additional package or file I need to install, or
do you think this has to do with my cdrom problem?
Thanks for all your patient help :-)
Best Wishes,
Manu
Script started on Sat May 6 18:17:15 2000
Agape:~# startx
XFree86 Version 3.3.4 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
Release Date: July 13 1999
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
newer
than the above date, look for a newer version before
reporting
problems. (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Operating System: Linux 2.0.36 i686 [ELF]
Configured drivers:
SVGA: server for SVGA graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0):
NV1, STG2000, RIVA 128, RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2, RIVA ULTRA
TNT2,
RIVA VANTA, RIVA ULTRA VANTA, RIVA INTEGRATED, ET4000,
ET4000W32,
ET4000W32i, ET4000W32i_rev_b, ET4000W32i_rev_c, ET4000W32p,
ET4000W32p_rev_a, ET4000W32p_rev_b, ET4000W32p_rev_c,
ET4000W32p_rev_d, ET6000, ET6100, et3000, pvga1, wd90c00,
wd90c10,
wd90c30, wd90c24, wd90c31, wd90c33, gvga, ati, sis86c201,
sis86c202,
sis86c205, sis86c215, sis86c225, sis5597, sis5598, sis6326,
sis530,
sis620, tvga8200lx, tvga8800cs, tvga8900b, tvga8900c,
tvga8900cl,
tvga8900d, tvga9000, tvga9000i, tvga9100b, tvga9200cxr,
tgui9400cxi,
tgui9420, tgui9420dgi, tgui9430dgi, tgui9440agi, cyber9320,
tgui9660,
tgui9680, tgui9682, tgui9685, cyber9382, cyber9385,
cyber9388,
cyber9397, cyber9520, cyber9525, 3dimage975, 3dimage985,
cyber9397dvd,
blade3d, cyberblade, clgd5420, clgd5422, clgd5424, clgd5426,
clgd5428,
clgd5429, clgd5430, clgd5434, clgd5436, clgd5446, clgd5480,
clgd5462,
clgd5464, clgd5465, clgd6205, clgd6215, clgd6225, clgd6235,
clgd7541,
clgd7542, clgd7543, clgd7548, clgd7555, clgd7556, ncr77c22,
ncr77c22e,
cpq_avga, mga2064w, mga1064sg, mga2164w, mga2164w AGP,
mgag200,
mgag100, mgag400, oti067, oti077, oti087, oti037c, al2101,
ali2228,
ali2301, ali2302, ali2308, ali2401, cl6410, cl6412, cl6420,
cl6440,
video7, ark1000vl, ark1000pv, ark2000pv, ark2000mt, mx,
realtek,
s3_virge, AP6422, AT24, AT3D, s3_svga, NM2070, NM2090,
NM2093, NM2097,
NM2160, NM2200, ct65520, ct65525, ct65530, ct65535, ct65540,
ct65545,
ct65546, ct65548, ct65550, ct65554, ct65555, ct68554,
ct69000,
ct64200, ct64300, mediagx, V1000, V2x00, p9100, spc8110,
i740,
i740_pci, Voodoo Banshee, Voodoo3, generic
(using VT number 7)
XF86Config: /etc/X11/XF86Config
(**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
(**) XKB: keymap: "xfree86(us)" (overrides other XKB settings)
(**) Mouse: type: Microsoft, device: /dev/mouse, baudrate: 1200
(**) Mouse: buttons: 3, 3 button emulation (timeout: 50ms)
(**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: "WD90C31"
(**) SVGA: Monitor ID: "NEC Multisync 3Ds"
(--) SVGA: Mode "640x400" needs hsync freq of 43.27 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 43.92 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 48.08 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 48.36 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "640x480" needs hsync freq of 53.01 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 53.51 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 55.84 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 56.48 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 51.02 kHz.
Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 64.02 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 62.50 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 62.42 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 64.25 kHz.
Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 70.24 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 70.88 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 74.59 kHz.
Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 75.00 kHz.
Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 76.01 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 78.86 kHz.
Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 80.21 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 81.13 kHz.
Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 87.50 kHz.
Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 89.62 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 91.15 kHz.
Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 93.75 kHz.
Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 105.77 kHz.
Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 107.16 kHz.
Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 96.15 kHz.
Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 104.52 kHz.
Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "320x240" needs hsync freq of 39.38 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "400x300" needs hsync freq of 48.08 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "480x300" needs hsync freq of 39.56 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "480x300" needs hsync freq of 48.00 kHz. Deleted.
(**) FontPath set to
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:un
scaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X1
1/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11
/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
(--) SVGA: WD: Signature for WD90C[23]X=[0x33 0x31]
(--) SVGA: chipset: wd90c31
(--) SVGA: videoram: 1024k
(**) SVGA: clocks: 25.34 28.32 65.30 36.11 40.12 50.17
32.10 45.19
(**) SVGA: clocks: 31.76 36.11 75.45 50.17 30.04 77.60
0.00 80.29
(**) SVGA: clocks: 45.19
(**) SVGA: Using 8 bpp, Depth 8, Color weight: 666
(--) SVGA: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 90.000 MHz
(**) SVGA: Mode "640x480": mode clock = 25.175, clock used =
25.340
(**) SVGA: Mode "800x600": mode clock = 36.000, clock used =
36.110
(**) SVGA: Mode "1024x768": mode clock = 44.900, clock used =
45.190
(--) SVGA: Virtual resolution set to 1024x768
(--) SVGA: Generic SpeedUps selected (Flags=0x30)
(--) SVGA: PVGA1: SpeedUps selected (Flags=0xf)
System: `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp -w 1 -
R/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb -xkm -m us -em1 "The XKEYBOARD keymap
compiler (xkbcomp) reports:" -emp "> " -eml "Errors from xkbcomp
are not fatal to the X server" keymap/xfree86
compiled/xfree86.xkm'
Fatal server error:
Cannot open mouse (No such file or directory)
When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
the full server output, not just the last messages
X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
Agape:~# exit
exit
In a message dated 5/6/00 1:16:08 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< On Sat, 6 May 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Im grateful for your help. It seems as though the problem
> is there is no /cdrom directory or files! Do you know how I can
> fix this? Perhaps load a disk image onto a floppy, or...?
>
> Here's the latest script:
>
> Agape:~# mount /dev/sonycd /cdrom
> mount: /dev/sonycd is not a block device
I don't know why you get the above message.
> Agape:~# ls -l /dev/sonycd /dev/cdrom
> ls: /dev/cdrom: No such file or directory
> total 0
> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 15, 0 May 5 20:37 sonycd-
>
> Agape:~# ls -l /dev/cdrom
> ls: /dev/cdrom: No such file or directory
You're correct, no entry for cdrom...
<...>
> /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noauto
> 0 0
... ok,
make sure you have a dir named "cdrom" in the "/" directory...
> Agape:~# ln -s /dev/sonycd /dev/cdrom
... you've just created an entry for cdrom in /dev.
You would now be able to use: "mount /cdrom" or "mount /dev/cdrom", if
the following error was not getting in the way...
> Agape:~# mount /dev/sonycd /cdrom
> mount: /dev/sonycd is not a block device
:/ Hmmm, does "dmesg" show the boot sequence as having loaded the
sonycd module without errors?
Try this sequence of commands:
cd /dev
rm sonycd
./MAKEDEV sonycd
mount /cdrom
later,
Bruce
>>
