Re: Installing Etch with GUI on T20: no screens in X
Cameron L. Spitzer wrote:- [This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], john gennard wrote: I have an IBM T20 Laptop and want to put on it Etch (Kernel 2.6.18-3) with Kde. The installation without GUI is fine, but Kde will not launch. Error messages in /var/log/kdm.log indicate that the installer assumed the laptop has a Synaptics Touchpad and this cannot be detected. /proc/bus/input/devices show that the device is in fact a 'TPPS/2 IBM Trackpoint' Googlings for the Trackpoint show a confusing picture which I don't understand. However, as I have considerable arthritis in the hands and fingers, I have been using an external PS/2 mouse, so I can do without the 'fiddly' Trackpoint. I commented out references to Synaptics Touchpad in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, but Kde still does not launch and the error messages )in Kdm.log) now say:- (EE) No devices detected Fatal Server error: no screens found. At the moment, to get into Etch, I have to boot into single user mode, otherwise the Laptop locks solid. I had a similar problem. It turned out my system was missing packages hal and udev. X.org wants to use keyboard and mouse via hardware abstraction layer, but the dependency was missing. Cameron Both 'hal' and 'udev' packages are fully installed. John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing Etch with GUI on T20: no screens in X
[This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], john gennard wrote: I have an IBM T20 Laptop and want to put on it Etch (Kernel 2.6.18-3) with Kde. The installation without GUI is fine, but Kde will not launch. Error messages in /var/log/kdm.log indicate that the installer assumed the laptop has a Synaptics Touchpad and this cannot be detected. /proc/bus/input/devices show that the device is in fact a 'TPPS/2 IBM Trackpoint' Googlings for the Trackpoint show a confusing picture which I don't understand. However, as I have considerable arthritis in the hands and fingers, I have been using an external PS/2 mouse, so I can do without the 'fiddly' Trackpoint. I commented out references to Synaptics Touchpad in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, but Kde still does not launch and the error messages )in Kdm.log) now say:- (EE) No devices detected Fatal Server error: no screens found. At the moment, to get into Etch, I have to boot into single user mode, otherwise the Laptop locks solid. I had a similar problem. It turned out my system was missing packages hal and udev. X.org wants to use keyboard and mouse via hardware abstraction layer, but the dependency was missing. Cameron -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
