Fate strikes again

1999-07-06 Thread Dan
Would you believe it? Thanks to the info in this message I relinked /dev/mouse to /dev/psaux and X finally worked with the mouse. (I tried /dev/psaux using the graphical xf86setup program, but it didn't work for some reason, how odd.) It is amazing, isn't it? Only problem now is that when I

Re: Fate strikes again

1999-07-06 Thread Jonathan Hall
Sounds like you're running xdm. If you don't want to get the Debian GNU/Linux login (hostname) prompt (or whatever it's exactly called), don't use xdm--use the 'startx' program instead. I personally prefer xdm, myself... On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Dan wrote: Would you believe it? Thanks to the info

Re: Fate strikes again

1999-07-06 Thread Chris Flipse
On Tue, Jul 06, 1999 at 03:33:15AM +, Dan wrote: Would you believe it? Thanks to the info in this message I relinked /dev/mouse to /dev/psaux and X finally worked with the mouse. (I tried /dev/psaux using the graphical xf86setup program, but it didn't work for some reason, how odd.) It is

Re: fate strikes again

1999-07-06 Thread Dan
I know... but xdm has a loop that never exits. If you go to Quit X-windows when you right click, it just restarts xdm. Thank you for reminding me of the name though. From: Jonathan Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Fate strikes again

Re: Fate strikes again

1999-07-06 Thread Dan
is getting fugly. :( From: Chris Flipse [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Fate strikes again Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 23:49:09 -0400 On Tue, Jul 06, 1999 at 03:33:15AM +, Dan wrote: Would you believe it? Thanks to the info in this message I

RE: Fate strikes again

1999-07-06 Thread Carley, Jason \(Australia\)
You need to kill the xdm and X processes (using ps -ax). Then run startx. -Original Message- From: Dan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 2:12 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Fate strikes again All right this is the thing though... If you do c

Re: Fate strikes again

1999-07-06 Thread Matthew Dalton
When you press c+a+f1, you are not killing the X-server. You are merely switching to one of the text only consoles. To switch back to X, press c+f7. Dan wrote: All right this is the thing though... If you do c+a+f1, then it exits, but then if you try running `startx' it complains about

Re: Fate strikes again

1999-07-06 Thread Carl Mummert
some reason, how odd.) It is amazing, isn't it? Only problem now is that when I right click and hit Exit X all it does is restart X with the debian login... I think that oughta be fixed. I'll have to look into that script file, I forget what its called. Oh well. Ctl-Alt-F1 to switch to a

Re: Fate strikes again

1999-07-06 Thread Michael Merten
On Tue, Jul 06, 1999 at 03:33:15AM +, Dan wrote: Would you believe it? Thanks to the info in this message I relinked /dev/mouse to /dev/psaux and X finally worked with the mouse. (I tried /dev/psaux using the graphical xf86setup program, but it didn't work for some reason, how odd.) It

Re: Fate strikes again

1999-07-06 Thread Revenant
Matthew Dalton wrote: When you press c+a+f1, you are not killing the X-server. You are merely switching to one of the text only consoles. To switch back to X, press c+f7. My computer won't let me ctrl-alt-whatever to another process when an X-Server is running. Is there any way to fix this?

Re: fate strikes again

1999-07-06 Thread Martin Bialasinski
Dan == Dan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dan I know... but xdm has a loop that never exits. If you go to Quit Dan X-windows when you right click, it just restarts xdm. Thank you Dan for reminding me of the name though. Then switch to a virtual console by pressing ctrl+strg+f1, log in as root,