On 2003.04.14 20:13 Karthik Poobalasubramanian wrote: > Hi all, > i am trying to get a linux distribution on a computer i bought recently. > the hardware config is > CPU - AMD athlonXP 2000+ > RAM - 256(shared with VGA) god know what type it is probably PC 133 > 40 gb hdd > Trident blade 3D (8mb shared ) > > I have disabled the ac97 and added a old creative vibra 128 > Logitech optical scroll mouse
.... > For now i have installed Debian 3.0. I got the minimal installation CD down > and did a network install. I have configured network and running webserver > and sshd. But i am not able to configure the mouse and the xserver. i went > through xf86config but could not configure it. > The kernel ver in Debian 3.0 is 2.2.20. First, you need to kill gpm, a pointer program that conflicts with X. I'm told you can point your mouse to gpmdata but never have. Have you checked your X logs? /var/log/xdm.log, /var/log/XFree86* will tell you why the set up is not working. My bet is the mouse. You might do a search for it and XFree or protocal to find out how to talk to a scroling mouse. Woody is new to me, but the program anXious used to be good. You might also try XF86Setup, with capital letters. It's a graphical configuration tool that loads up a simple X interface that can be manipulated by keyboard. I have yet to master the XF86Config-4 format and still use old XF86Config files when I can.
