Bug#220256: s3virge: mouse pointer frozen
On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 08:45:53PM -0500, Daniel Calvelo wrote: The change to XF86Config you suggested indeed solves it. Thank you so much, Branden. Glad to hear it. You did find a bug, though -- hardware cursor support should not be broken. If there's no way to fix it, the driver should default to a software cursor for your chipset. -- G. Branden Robinson|Somewhere, there is a .sig so funny Debian GNU/Linux |that reading it will cause an [EMAIL PROTECTED] |aneurysm. This is not that .sig. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#220256: s3virge: mouse pointer frozen
The change to XF86Config you suggested indeed solves it. Thank you so much, Branden. Daniel. -- Daniel Calvelo Aros -- Dirección General de Información Agraria -- Ministerio de Agricultura del Perú -- (51-1) 424-9001 -- Original Message --- From: Branden Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 01:58:49 -0500 Subject: Bug#220256: s3virge: mouse pointer frozen retitle 220256 xserver-xfree86: [s3virge] cursor does not move on ViRGE/MX rev 6 tag 220256 + moreinfo upstream thanks On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 01:34:13PM -0500, Daniel Calvelo Aros wrote: Package: xserver-xfree86 Version: 4.2.1-13 Severity: important Tags: sid Launching X, the mouse pointer is initialized slightly offset left from the screen center and does not move. Still, X receives mouse events (clicks and movement); only the pointer won't move. It will even switch to different pointers, but at the same fixed position. This happens when using the s3virge driver only. The problem disappears on the vesa driver. The machine is a Compaq Armada 7800 (S3Virge/MX). The problem appeared suddenly today; it used to work OK. Can you please update your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 as follows? Change it from: Section Device Identifier Generic Video Card Driver vesa EndSection to: Section Device Identifier Generic Video Card Driver s3virge Option SWCursor true EndSection If you do that and restart the X server, does the problem go away? -- G. Branden Robinson| There's no trick to being a Debian GNU/Linux | humorist when you have the whole [EMAIL PROTECTED] | government working for you. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Will Rogers --- End of Original Message ---
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Bug#220256: s3virge: mouse pointer frozen
retitle 220256 xserver-xfree86: [s3virge] cursor does not move on ViRGE/MX rev 6 tag 220256 + moreinfo upstream thanks On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 01:34:13PM -0500, Daniel Calvelo Aros wrote: Package: xserver-xfree86 Version: 4.2.1-13 Severity: important Tags: sid Launching X, the mouse pointer is initialized slightly offset left from the screen center and does not move. Still, X receives mouse events (clicks and movement); only the pointer won't move. It will even switch to different pointers, but at the same fixed position. This happens when using the s3virge driver only. The problem disappears on the vesa driver. The machine is a Compaq Armada 7800 (S3Virge/MX). The problem appeared suddenly today; it used to work OK. Can you please update your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 as follows? Change it from: Section Device Identifier Generic Video Card Driver vesa EndSection to: Section Device Identifier Generic Video Card Driver s3virge Option SWCursor true EndSection If you do that and restart the X server, does the problem go away? -- G. Branden Robinson| There's no trick to being a Debian GNU/Linux | humorist when you have the whole [EMAIL PROTECTED] | government working for you. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Will Rogers signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#220256: s3virge: mouse pointer frozen
Package: xserver-xfree86 Version: 4.2.1-13 Severity: important Tags: sid Launching X, the mouse pointer is initialized slightly offset left from the screen center and does not move. Still, X receives mouse events (clicks and movement); only the pointer won't move. It will even switch to different pointers, but at the same fixed position. This happens when using the s3virge driver only. The problem disappears on the vesa driver. The machine is a Compaq Armada 7800 (S3Virge/MX). The problem appeared suddenly today; it used to work OK. -- Package-specific info: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. ViRGE/MX (rev 06) 01:00.0 Class 0300: 5333:8c01 (rev 06) # XF86Config-4 (XFree86 X server configuration file) generated by dexconf, the # Debian X Configuration tool, using values from the debconf database. # # Edit this file with caution, and see the XF86Config-4 manual page. # (Type man XF86Config-4 at the shell prompt.) # # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xfree86 package upgrades *only* # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xfree86 # package. # # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated # again, run the following commands as root: # # cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.custom # md5sum /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.md5sum # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 Section Files FontPathunix/:7110# xfs-xtt FontPathunix/:7100# local font server # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these FontPath/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi EndSection Section Module LoadGLcore Loadbitmap Loaddbe Loadddc Loaddri Loadextmod Loadxtt # Loadfreetype Loadglx Loadint10 Loadrecord Loadspeedo Loadtype1 Loadvbe EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Generic Keyboard Driver keyboard Option CoreKeyboard Option XkbRules xfree86 Option XkbModel pc104 Option XkbLayout us_intl EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Configured Mouse Driver mouse Option CorePointer Option SendCoreEventstrue Option Device/dev/misc/psaux Option Protocol PS/2 Option Emulate3Buttons true Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 Option SendDragEventstrue EndSection Section Device Identifier Generic Video Card Driver vesa EndSection Section Monitor Identifier Generic Monitor HorizSync 28-50 VertRefresh 43-75 Option DPMS EndSection Section Screen Identifier Default Screen Device Generic Video Card Monitor Generic Monitor DefaultDepth24 SubSection Display Depth 1 Modes 800x600 640x480 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 4 Modes 800x600 640x480 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 8 Modes 800x600 640x480 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 15 Modes 800x600 640x480 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 16 Modes 800x600 640x480 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 24 Modes 1024x768 EndSubSection EndSection Section ServerLayout Identifier Default Layout Screen Default Screen InputDevice Generic Keyboard InputDevice Configured Mouse EndSection Section DRI Mode0666 EndSection This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any way. Bugs may be reported to XFree86@XFree86.Org and patches submitted to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions, please check the latest version in the XFree86 CVS repository (http://www.XFree86.Org/cvs) XFree86 Version 4.2.1.1 (Debian 4.2.1-13 20031030071229 [EMAIL PROTECTED]) / X Window System (protocol Version 11,
