Re: Still No Cursor in X
On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 10:54:33PM -0500, D-Man wrote: | On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 02:20:03AM +0100, Martin Albert wrote: | | On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Andrea Vettorello wrote: [snip] | | I try PS/2, Buttons 5, ZAxisMapping 4 5 - but strange things happen on | | the screen then. May be you have it for me. | [snip] | | I can check my settings when I get back to my own computer. I haven't had my computer on yet, but I remembered that you have to set the protocol to MS IntelliMouse, not PS/2. HTH, -D
Re: Still No Cursor in X
On Thu, 01 Feb 2001, D-Man wrote: | I try PS/2, Buttons 5, ZAxisMapping 4 5 - but strange things happen on | the screen then. May be you have it for me. My Logitech wheel mouse (wasn't cheap -- cost ~$40 and worth it) works fine (or at least it did with RH 6.1 and 7.0 I don't have a new enough GNOME on Debian yet to use X much) for me. Try setting the Buttons to 3. Buttons 4 and 5 don't really count since they are used as the wheel. Hm, Buttons 3 just turns the wheel off. The XF..config man says to have the ZAxisButtons added. The mouse I have is the Logitech MouseMan Wheel -- it has 2 normal buttons, 1 thumb button and a scroll wheel that doubles as a button. It is a nice large mouse that has the thumb side raised up in a natural way. It's the only mouse I have that hasn't hurt my hand. It also supports USB and PS/2. I only use it for _very_ short periods, mostly to move that cursor out of the way :) (does Konqueror support the TAB key to navigate the links? the _only_ advantage of IE) greetings, martin
Re: Still No Cursor in X
Hi, nice people on this list. I hope it's ok for you (and for you, John), when i cc my answers to pm here. So many of you did already take part. So here the story continues. We're getting closer, it seems ;-) On Thu, 01 Feb 2001, you wrote: Martin, here are some of the answers that I found. Window-manager: I selected enlightnment because my Learning Debian GNU/Linux book says that I need X and then GNOME before I insatll StarOffice. I have StarOffice on KDE, no problem, integrates nicely. ls -al /dev/gpm*: Today I found that both gpmctl and gpmdata were there. gpm -v = 1.17.8 yeah! Linux ver, distro etal = Debian from LinuxMall.com obtained while I was at COMDEX (Las Vegas), Linux is ver 2.2.17. XF86_SVGA: This is my X server. The ver I got from either man or info was 3.3.5 Videdo card: diamond Stealth, 3D 3000 with 2048K Mem. Below is some other info: GeForce DDR, Quadro, 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, r128, ati, sis86c201, sis86c202, sis86c205, sis86c215, sis86c225, sis5597, sis5598, sis6326, sis530, sis620, sis300, sis630, sis540, 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_savage, s3_virge, AP6422, AT24, AT3D, s3_svga, NM2070, NM2090, NM2093, NM2097, NM2160, NM2200, ct65520, ct65525, ct65530, ct65535, ct65540, ct65545, ct65546, ct65548, ct65550, ct65554, ct6, ct68554, ct69000, ct64200, ct64300, mediagx, V1000, V2100, V2200, p9100, spc8110, i740, i740_pci, i810, i810-dc100, i810e, Voodoo Banshee, Voodoo3, smi, generic From XF86 Config. Section Screen Driver SVGA Device Diamond Stealth Monitor FairView DefaultColorDepth 8 BlankTime 0 SuspendTime 0 OffTime 0 SubSection Display Depth8 Modes640x480 640x400 512x384 320x240 320x200 ViewPort 0 0 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth15 Modes640x480 640x400 512x384 320x240 320x200 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth16 Modes640x480 640x400 512x384 320x240 320x200 ViewPort 0 0 EndSubSection Now, as Nate and Manuel suggest, try the 'Option sw_cursor'. Leave all your other lines in that section as they are, they are for Manuels board. He just posted the whole Section, so you can see WHERE to insert: Section Device Identifier Elsa Winner T3D VendorName Unknown BoardName Unknown VideoRam8192 ChipId 0x8a10 Option sw_cursor --- # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate EndSection You may also try, what happens, when you change DefaultColorDepth 8 in your Screens Section to 15 or 16. I WILL GO SKIING NEXT WEEK And Thaks again John Hopefully everything is fine until than. (than with an 'a' here?) greetings to all kind souls, maritn, martin. (Did i mention, i hate those Fujitsu keyboards since 1985?)
Re: Still No Cursor in X
Martin Albert wrote: On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Andrea Vettorello wrote: As someone else suggested, try stopping gpm before launching X or trying to configure X (via some graphic configuration utility that right now i don't remember the name, where is dexter =). I don't think, that is hte problem. The mouse moves, just no or distorted visible cursor. Oops, i've missed something =) I think this isn't mouse related, mmmh, maybe some misconfiguration with the X server. What kind of video card are you using? Do yourself a favor, don't try another distro ;) I already tried to convince him, to at least jsut go skiing instead ;-) And we're all still here. Andrea
Re: Still No Cursor in X
i had some problem like this too i fixed it with making the GPM using exactly the sme protocoll for the mouse as X does else it won't work i think instead of the /dev/mouse device i configured X to use PSAUX LEZARUZ - Original Message - From: Andrea Vettorello [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 9:56 PM Subject: Re: Still No Cursor in X Martin Albert wrote: On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Andrea Vettorello wrote: As someone else suggested, try stopping gpm before launching X or trying to configure X (via some graphic configuration utility that right now i don't remember the name, where is dexter =). I don't think, that is hte problem. The mouse moves, just no or distorted visible cursor. Oops, i've missed something =) I think this isn't mouse related, mmmh, maybe some misconfiguration with the X server. What kind of video card are you using? Do yourself a favor, don't try another distro ;) I already tried to convince him, to at least jsut go skiing instead ;-) And we're all still here. Andrea -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Still No Cursor in X
On Mit, 31 Jan 2001, you wrote: Albert, I tried the configuration you suggested. I got a cursor in the Please let me introduce myself as a man of wealth taste and the name is martin 8-) text mode but not in X. I was able to lite up menus. In X? Did you already try to find out about your X-server options? You did again not tell what server window-manager you are using After the ls -al /dev/gpm* I only got the one line regarding gpmdata as .. What does it mean that the gpmctl entry is not there. This is a good question indeed. It took me nearly half an hour now to find out and i'm still not quite sure. This device entry 'named socket' is created when gpm is started, for instance on system start or when you manually run '/etc/init.d/gpm restart'. When this does not happen on your system, sth. is strange. As i didn't work with named sockets yet, i could only make wild guesses. It might be that your gpm is simply too old. Check the version with 'gpm -v'. I've got 1.17.8 and it works fine. You've got networking in your kernel (this is silly, nearly impossible you haven't). Do you run a debian system at all? Anyway this is strange. What kind of a system are you runnign there? If you can, try reinstalling gpm. Post where you've got your packages from, ideally the versions of gpm and X-server, it's name and the gfx card. Thanks John [EMAIL PROTECTED] you're welcome greetings, martin
Re: Still No Cursor in X
I use the XF86Setup program. I found that when I told it I had a PS2, my mouse would stop working in the setup program. Use the default Microsoft mouse and you should be good to go. (But answer the rest of the questions or nothing else will work for you grin) Good Luck
Re: Still No Cursor in X
I'm not sure whether this has been tried yet When I upgraded to X4.0.2, I did lose the cursor (it was moving but invisible). Turned out the xserver was not upgraded, so it was still using the xserver-svga 3.3.6, instead of using xserver-xfree86. Once that was installed, cursor came back. Andrei -- First there was Explorer... Then came Expedition. This summer Coming to a street near you.. Ford Exterminator. -- Andrei Ivanov http://arshes.dyndns.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12402354 --
Re: Still No Cursor in X
hammack wrote: Andrea, Thanks for the response. I think I tried your suggestins. Below is my setup for the mouse in gpm.config and XF86Config: gpm.config: device=/dev/psaux responsiveness= repeat_type=raw type=psw append= [...] As someone else suggested, try stopping gpm before launching X or trying to configure X (via some graphic configuration utility that right now i don't remember the name, where is dexter =). Maybe i've missed the first post, but it could be useful to know your mouse model (How many buttons has? Is a branded one?). This list is full of very talented and knowledgeable (it's the right word? my english sucks!) people, i think your mouse problems will be sorted out quickly. Do yourself a favor, don't try another distro ;) Andrea P.S. If all fails, why not spend 10 bucks to buy a cheap OEM Logitech wheel mouse (i became addicted to that darn wheel), so i could give you my configuration that can confirm it's working perfectly right now =)
Re: Still No Cursor in X About to give up!!
Hi! Sorry, I did not follow this thread from the beginning, and maybe this has already been proposed or ruled out, but could it be a problem with your graphics card? I had the square white box cursor problem once on an ELSA Winner 1000 T3D and got rid of it by disabling the hardware cursor. Appropriate section of XF86Config follows below, note the 'option sw_cursor' line. Hoping on the slight chance that this might help, Manuel ---XF86Config Section Device Identifier Elsa Winner T3D VendorName Unknown BoardName Unknown VideoRam8192 ChipId 0x8a10 Option sw_cursor # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate EndSection
Re: Still No Cursor in X
Mr Albert , sorry about the mistake. I do appreciate you help. I looked at the gpm info last night. I didn't see much. Anyway thanks for you help. I'll keep trying and get this yes. John - Original Message - From: Martin Albert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: hammack [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 12:40 PM Subject: Re: Still No Cursor in X On Mit, 31 Jan 2001, you wrote: Albert, I tried the configuration you suggested. I got a cursor in the Please let me introduce myself as a man of wealth taste and the name is martin 8-) text mode but not in X. I was able to lite up menus. In X? Did you already try to find out about your X-server options? You did again not tell what server window-manager you are using After the ls -al /dev/gpm* I only got the one line regarding gpmdata as .. What does it mean that the gpmctl entry is not there. This is a good question indeed. It took me nearly half an hour now to find out and i'm still not quite sure. This device entry 'named socket' is created when gpm is started, for instance on system start or when you manually run '/etc/init.d/gpm restart'. When this does not happen on your system, sth. is strange. As i didn't work with named sockets yet, i could only make wild guesses. It might be that your gpm is simply too old. Check the version with 'gpm -v'. I've got 1.17.8 and it works fine. You've got networking in your kernel (this is silly, nearly impossible you haven't). Do you run a debian system at all? Anyway this is strange. What kind of a system are you runnign there? If you can, try reinstalling gpm. Post where you've got your packages from, ideally the versions of gpm and X-server, it's name and the gfx card. Thanks John [EMAIL PROTECTED] you're welcome greetings, martin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Still No Cursor in X
On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Andrea Vettorello wrote: As someone else suggested, try stopping gpm before launching X or trying to configure X (via some graphic configuration utility that right now i don't remember the name, where is dexter =). I don't think, that is hte problem. The mouse moves, just no or distorted visible cursor. Do yourself a favor, don't try another distro ;) I already tried to convince him, to at least jsut go skiing instead ;-) And we're all still here. P.S. If all fails, why not spend 10 bucks to buy a cheap OEM Logitech wheel mouse (i became addicted to that darn wheel), so i could give you my configuration that can confirm it's working perfectly right now =) Why not send it to me. I gave up on that. Either the old KDE or Fujitsu sells a crippled Logitech. I try PS/2, Buttons 5, ZAxisMapping 4 5 - but strange things happen on the screen then. May be you have it for me. greetings, martin
Re: Still No Cursor in X
On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Andrei Ivanov wrote: I'm not sure whether this has been tried yet When I upgraded to X4.0.2, I did lose the cursor (it was moving but invisible). Turned out the xserver was not upgraded, so it was still using the xserver-svga 3.3.6, instead of using xserver-xfree86. Once that was installed, cursor came back. Andrei Couldn't this be the real thing? AFAIK, a simple apt-get dist upgrade dos not install the new X-server. You will have to do an explicit 'apt-get install your-required-x-server' To check the version of your server is a little tricky - mostly because you don't tell us your video card or x-server that you use and we don't even know, whether you've got X3 or X4. (Folks with X4: i don't know this yet, please interfere when i tell rubbish) But let's try: In a terminal, your console for instance, enter 'XF86_' Then, don't hit return yet, hit TAB twice. The first time it may just beep, the second time you get a short list of programs in your path that start with XF86_. One of them is your X-Server ;-) IF you know which one you should use, give enough characters to distinguish from the other names. You may at every time try to hit TAB again, it will then complete as much as is unambigous. That command is completed (the whole name of the program in question on the command line, your cursor behind it)? Ok, type a space and '-showconfig'. Now hit return. The first line of output reads 'XFree86 Version 3.3.6' with my server - i don't have X4 installed - and you now know why ;-) If you don't know your server, you may try 'X -showconfig'. Now, tell us about the ouput and which debian version you are using. When you upgrade over the net with apt-get, mail your '/etc/apt/sources.list' file. Otherwise the CD you try to install from or anything, just to give us any hint - please ;-) So much for today martin
Re: Still No Cursor in X
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 02:20:03AM +0100, Martin Albert wrote: | On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Andrea Vettorello wrote: | P.S. If all fails, why not spend 10 bucks to buy a cheap OEM | Logitech wheel mouse (i became addicted to that darn wheel), so i | could give you my configuration that can confirm it's working | perfectly right now =) | | Why not send it to me. I gave up on that. Either the old KDE or Fujitsu | sells a crippled Logitech. | | I try PS/2, Buttons 5, ZAxisMapping 4 5 - but strange things happen on | the screen then. May be you have it for me. My Logitech wheel mouse (wasn't cheap -- cost ~$40 and worth it) works fine (or at least it did with RH 6.1 and 7.0 I don't have a new enough GNOME on Debian yet to use X much) for me. Try setting the Buttons to 3. Buttons 4 and 5 don't really count since they are used as the wheel. I can check my settings when I get back to my own computer. The mouse I have is the Logitech MouseMan Wheel -- it has 2 normal buttons, 1 thumb button and a scroll wheel that doubles as a button. It is a nice large mouse that has the thumb side raised up in a natural way. It's the only mouse I have that hasn't hurt my hand. It also supports USB and PS/2. | | greetings, martin | -D
Fw: Still No Cursor in X Now Closer!
Casey, I am now closer. I used your conf and got a cursor about 1 square in the X windows. It looks as if the upper left corner is the cursor point. So now I have to get the cursor down to real life size. Below is the conf I currently have that worked thanks to you. Note the lines that I commetted out. Thanks! John. Here is my present config: Any suggestions on where I go from here?? gpm.conf: device=/dev/psaux responsiveness= repeat_type=raw type=psw append= XF86Config Pointer section: Section Pointer ProtocolPS/2 Device /dev/gpmdata # BaudRate1200 # Emulate3Timeout50 # Resolution 100 # Buttons 3 this line was commeted out before # Emulate3Buttons EndSection - Original Message - From: Casey Webster [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: hammack [EMAIL PROTECTED]; User Debian debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 10:06 PM Subject: Re: Still No Cursor in X sorry for the blank first message, hit ctrl-x instead of c... here is what is in my gpm.conf, and XF86Config, my mouse works fine under X and in console at the same time gpm.conf: device=/dev/psaux responsiveness= repeat_type=raw type=ps2 append= XF86Config: Section Pointer ProtocolPS/2 Device /dev/gpmdata EndSection -casey On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Kent West wrote: hammack wrote: Problem: I cannot get a cursor in X with my PS/2 generic mouse. I do get a cursor in the Text mode and can cut and paste between VC's. In X I can click in the window and get menus to pop up and occasionally I will lite up a button all in the blind.Below are the two configurations that work. XF86Config: Protocol PS/2 Device/dev/gpmdata or Protocol PS/2 Device/dev/mouse and gpm.conf was Device/dev/psaux type ps2 Now, how do I get the cursor working in X??? Again thanks for the help. John [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I ran into this problem just yesterday on a newly installed Woody box. In /etc/X11/XF86Config, the line dev/gpmdata is *supposed* to work, but my symptoms were just like what you're describing. I finally gave up on trying to do it the right way, and set my XF86Config file to use /dev/psaux. From past experience, and from what I've read, this should cause a conflict with gpm, yet it didn't. In fact, everything started working just like it's supposed to. Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Fw: Still No Cursor in X Now Closer!
gpm.conf: type=psw ^^^ is the only problem i can see with that, that should be ps2, and i've seen very odd mouse behavior when a bad mouse type is specified. other than that i'm not sure what could be causing your problem On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, hammack wrote: Casey, I am now closer. I used your conf and got a cursor about 1 square in the X windows. It looks as if the upper left corner is the cursor point. So now I have to get the cursor down to real life size. Below is the conf I currently have that worked thanks to you. Note the lines that I commetted out. Thanks! John. Here is my present config: Any suggestions on where I go from here?? gpm.conf: device=/dev/psaux responsiveness= repeat_type=raw type=psw append= XF86Config Pointer section: Section Pointer ProtocolPS/2 Device /dev/gpmdata # BaudRate1200 # Emulate3Timeout50 # Resolution 100 # Buttons 3 this line was commeted out before # Emulate3Buttons EndSection - Original Message - From: Casey Webster [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: hammack [EMAIL PROTECTED]; User Debian debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 10:06 PM Subject: Re: Still No Cursor in X sorry for the blank first message, hit ctrl-x instead of c... here is what is in my gpm.conf, and XF86Config, my mouse works fine under X and in console at the same time gpm.conf: device=/dev/psaux responsiveness= repeat_type=raw type=ps2 append= XF86Config: Section Pointer ProtocolPS/2 Device /dev/gpmdata EndSection -casey On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Kent West wrote: hammack wrote: Problem: I cannot get a cursor in X with my PS/2 generic mouse. I do get a cursor in the Text mode and can cut and paste between VC's. In X I can click in the window and get menus to pop up and occasionally I will lite up a button all in the blind.Below are the two configurations that work. XF86Config: Protocol PS/2 Device/dev/gpmdata or Protocol PS/2 Device/dev/mouse and gpm.conf was Device/dev/psaux type ps2 Now, how do I get the cursor working in X??? Again thanks for the help. John [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I ran into this problem just yesterday on a newly installed Woody box. In /etc/X11/XF86Config, the line dev/gpmdata is *supposed* to work, but my symptoms were just like what you're describing. I finally gave up on trying to do it the right way, and set my XF86Config file to use /dev/psaux. From past experience, and from what I've read, this should cause a conflict with gpm, yet it didn't. In fact, everything started working just like it's supposed to. Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Still No Cursor in X About to give up!!
Casey, good eye on my type-O. The gpm.conf file type does read ps2. While I thought I was closer I am not. For a couple of times I had a 1 square inch cursor in the X mode. But it went away. When I committed out the lines below in my XF86Config file I got the square cursor. Then I tried changing the Resolution (I don't know what that does) at 500 I got a 1-1/2 x 1/4 inch black vertical line. In both the large cursors the upper left point got response on point and click. Then the cursor went away as I went in and out of X. Having been at this for about a month I am about readly to try other options. 1. Another Distro 2. Another appeal for help 3. Go skiing. - Original Message - From: hammack [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: User Debian debian-user@lists.debian.org; Andrea Vettorello [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Xucaen [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 10:11 PM Subject: Fw: Still No Cursor in X Now Closer! Casey, I am now closer. I used your conf and got a cursor about 1 square in the X windows. It looks as if the upper left corner is the cursor point. So now I have to get the cursor down to real life size. Below is the conf I currently have that worked thanks to you. Note the lines that I commetted out. Thanks! John. Here is my present config: Any suggestions on where I go from here?? gpm.conf: device=/dev/psaux responsiveness= repeat_type=raw type=ps2 append= XF86Config Pointer section: Section Pointer ProtocolPS/2 Device /dev/gpmdata # BaudRate1200 # Emulate3Timeout50 # Resolution 100 # Buttons 3 this line was commeted out before # Emulate3Buttons EndSection - Original Message - From: Casey Webster [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: hammack [EMAIL PROTECTED]; User Debian debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 10:06 PM Subject: Re: Still No Cursor in X sorry for the blank first message, hit ctrl-x instead of c... here is what is in my gpm.conf, and XF86Config, my mouse works fine under X and in console at the same time gpm.conf: device=/dev/psaux responsiveness= repeat_type=raw type=ps2 append= XF86Config: Section Pointer ProtocolPS/2 Device /dev/gpmdata EndSection -casey On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Kent West wrote: hammack wrote: Problem: I cannot get a cursor in X with my PS/2 generic mouse. I do get a cursor in the Text mode and can cut and paste between VC's. In X I can click in the window and get menus to pop up and occasionally I will lite up a button all in the blind.Below are the two configurations that work. XF86Config: Protocol PS/2 Device/dev/gpmdata or Protocol PS/2 Device/dev/mouse and gpm.conf was Device/dev/psaux type ps2 Now, how do I get the cursor working in X??? Again thanks for the help. John [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I ran into this problem just yesterday on a newly installed Woody box. In /etc/X11/XF86Config, the line dev/gpmdata is *supposed* to work, but my symptoms were just like what you're describing. I finally gave up on trying to do it the right way, and set my XF86Config file to use /dev/psaux. From past experience, and from what I've read, this should cause a conflict with gpm, yet it didn't. In fact, everything started working just like it's supposed to. Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Still No Cursor in X About to give up!!
did you try to turn off the gpm? you might have better luck to first try to make it work under X without gpm. I have tried various mouse settings recently and got to the point that mouse refused to work at all, both in gpm and X. I had to reboot, not sure what happened. so try to turn o gpm completely off (so that it's not even started during boot) and try to solve the mouse-in-X probl;em first. erik hammack wrote: Casey, good eye on my type-O. The gpm.conf file type does read ps2. While I thought I was closer I am not. For a couple of times I had a 1 square inch cursor in the X mode. But it went away. When I committed out the lines below in my XF86Config file I got the square cursor. Then I tried changing the Resolution (I don't know what that does) at 500 I got a 1-1/2 x 1/4 inch black vertical line. In both the large cursors the upper left point got response on point and click. Then the cursor went away as I went in and out of X. Having been at this for about a month I am about readly to try other options. 1. Another Distro 2. Another appeal for help 3. Go skiing. - Original Message - From: hammack [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: User Debian debian-user@lists.debian.org; Andrea Vettorello [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Xucaen [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 10:11 PM Subject: Fw: Still No Cursor in X Now Closer! Casey, I am now closer. I used your conf and got a cursor about 1 square in the X windows. It looks as if the upper left corner is the cursor point. So now I have to get the cursor down to real life size. Below is the conf I currently have that worked thanks to you. Note the lines that I commetted out. Thanks! John. Here is my present config: Any suggestions on where I go from here?? gpm.conf: device=/dev/psaux responsiveness= repeat_type=raw type=ps2 append= XF86Config Pointer section: Section Pointer ProtocolPS/2 Device /dev/gpmdata # BaudRate1200 # Emulate3Timeout50 # Resolution 100 # Buttons 3 this line was commeted out before # Emulate3Buttons EndSection - Original Message - From: Casey Webster [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: hammack [EMAIL PROTECTED]; User Debian debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 10:06 PM Subject: Re: Still No Cursor in X sorry for the blank first message, hit ctrl-x instead of c... here is what is in my gpm.conf, and XF86Config, my mouse works fine under X and in console at the same time gpm.conf: device=/dev/psaux responsiveness= repeat_type=raw type=ps2 append= XF86Config: Section Pointer ProtocolPS/2 Device /dev/gpmdata EndSection -casey On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Kent West wrote: hammack wrote: Problem: I cannot get a cursor in X with my PS/2 generic mouse. I do get a cursor in the Text mode and can cut and paste between VC's. In X I can click in the window and get menus to pop up and occasionally I will lite up a button all in the blind.Below are the two configurations that work. XF86Config: Protocol PS/2 Device/dev/gpmdata or Protocol PS/2 Device/dev/mouse and gpm.conf was Device/dev/psaux type ps2 Now, how do I get the cursor working in X??? Again thanks for the help. John [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I ran into this problem just yesterday on a newly installed Woody box. In /etc/X11/XF86Config, the line dev/gpmdata is *supposed* to work, but my symptoms were just like what you're describing. I finally gave up on trying to do it the right way, and set my XF86Config file to use /dev/psaux. From past experience, and from what I've read, this should cause a conflict with gpm, yet it didn't. In fact, everything started working just like it's supposed to. Kent
Re: Still No Cursor in X About to give up!!
On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 09:34:40AM -0800, hammack wrote: Casey, good eye on my type-O. The gpm.conf file type does read ps2. While I thought I was closer I am not. For a couple of times I had a 1 square inch cursor in the X mode. But it went away. When I committed out the lines below in my XF86Config file I got the square cursor. Then I tried changing the Resolution (I don't know what that does) at 500 I got a 1-1/2 x 1/4 inch black vertical line. In both the large cursors the upper left point got response on point and click. Then the cursor went away as I went in and out of X. Having been at this for about a month I am about readly to try other options. 1. Another Distro 2. Another appeal for help 3. Go skiing. Kill gpm and it should work. /etc/init.d/gpm stop kent -- I'd really love ta wana help ya Flanders but... Homer Simpson
Re: Still No Cursor in X
I had the same problem with my serial mouse. Here is what works for me; you can adapt to your ps/2 mouse: for gpm.conf, use directly /dev/psaux for XF86Config, use /dev/mouse in the /dev directory, create a symlink by typing: ln -s /dev/psaux /dev/mouse Somehow in that way both applications finally share the device. Sincerely, Jose Gracia Neto hammack wrote: Andrea, Thanks for the response. I think I tried your suggestins. Below is my setup for the mouse in gpm.config and XF86Config: gpm.config: device=/dev/psaux responsiveness= repeat_type=raw type=psw append= XF86Config Pointer section: Section Pointer ProtocolPS/2 Device /dev/gpmdata BaudRate1200 Emulate3Timeout50 Resolution 100 # Buttons 3 this line is commeted out Emulate3Buttons EndSection I am about to give up and so skiing. Thanks John - Original Message - From: Andrea Vettorello [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Cc: User Debian debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 12:29 PM Subject: Re: Still No Cursor in X hammack wrote: Problem: I cannot get a cursor in X with my PS/2 generic mouse. I do get a cursor in the Text mode and can cut and paste between VC's. In X I can click in the window and get menus to pop up and occasionally I will lite up a button all in the blind.Below are the two configurations that work. XF86Config:Protocol PS/2Device /dev/gpmdataorProtocol PS/2Device/dev/mouseand gpm.conf wasDevice/dev/psauxtype ps2 Try adding in your gpm.conf the line repeat_type=raw... Andrea -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Atenciosamente, José Gracia Neto [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Still No Cursor in X
hammack wrote: Problem: I cannot get a cursor in X with my PS/2 generic mouse. I do get a cursor in the Text mode and can cut and paste between VC's. In X I can click in the window and get menus to pop up and occasionally I will lite up a button all in the blind.Below are the two configurations that work. XF86Config: Protocol PS/2 Device/dev/gpmdata or Protocol PS/2 Device/dev/mouse and gpm.conf was Device/dev/psaux type ps2 Now, how do I get the cursor working in X??? Again thanks for the help. John [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I ran into this problem just yesterday on a newly installed Woody box. In /etc/X11/XF86Config, the line dev/gpmdata is *supposed* to work, but my symptoms were just like what you're describing. I finally gave up on trying to do it the right way, and set my XF86Config file to use /dev/psaux. From past experience, and from what I've read, this should cause a conflict with gpm, yet it didn't. In fact, everything started working just like it's supposed to. Kent
Re: Still No Cursor in X
sorry for the blank first message, hit ctrl-x instead of c... here is what is in my gpm.conf, and XF86Config, my mouse works fine under X and in console at the same time gpm.conf: device=/dev/psaux responsiveness= repeat_type=raw type=ps2 append= XF86Config: Section Pointer ProtocolPS/2 Device /dev/gpmdata EndSection -casey On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Kent West wrote: hammack wrote: Problem: I cannot get a cursor in X with my PS/2 generic mouse. I do get a cursor in the Text mode and can cut and paste between VC's. In X I can click in the window and get menus to pop up and occasionally I will lite up a button all in the blind.Below are the two configurations that work. XF86Config: Protocol PS/2 Device/dev/gpmdata or Protocol PS/2 Device/dev/mouse and gpm.conf was Device/dev/psaux type ps2 Now, how do I get the cursor working in X??? Again thanks for the help. John [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I ran into this problem just yesterday on a newly installed Woody box. In /etc/X11/XF86Config, the line dev/gpmdata is *supposed* to work, but my symptoms were just like what you're describing. I finally gave up on trying to do it the right way, and set my XF86Config file to use /dev/psaux. From past experience, and from what I've read, this should cause a conflict with gpm, yet it didn't. In fact, everything started working just like it's supposed to. Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Still No Cursor in X
--- hammack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: XF86Config: Protocol PS/2 Device/dev/gpmdata or Protocol PS/2 Device/dev/mouse and gpm.conf was Device/dev/psaux type ps2 I may be mistaken, but doesn't the device need to be exactly the same in both? xucaen __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/
Re: Still No Cursor in X
hammack wrote: Problem: I cannot get a cursor in X with my PS/2 generic mouse. I do get a cursor in the Text mode and can cut and paste between VC's. In X I can click in the window and get menus to pop up and occasionally I will lite up a button all in the blind.Below are the two configurations that work. XF86Config:Protocol PS/2Device /dev/gpmdataorProtocol PS/2Device/dev/mouseand gpm.conf wasDevice/dev/psauxtype ps2 Try adding in your gpm.conf the line repeat_type=raw... Andrea
Re: Still No Cursor in X
Andrea, Thanks for the response. I think I tried your suggestins. Below is my setup for the mouse in gpm.config and XF86Config: gpm.config: device=/dev/psaux responsiveness= repeat_type=raw type=psw append= XF86Config Pointer section: Section Pointer ProtocolPS/2 Device /dev/gpmdata BaudRate1200 Emulate3Timeout50 Resolution 100 # Buttons 3 this line is commeted out Emulate3Buttons EndSection I am about to give up and so skiing. Thanks John - Original Message - From: Andrea Vettorello [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Cc: User Debian debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 12:29 PM Subject: Re: Still No Cursor in X hammack wrote: Problem: I cannot get a cursor in X with my PS/2 generic mouse. I do get a cursor in the Text mode and can cut and paste between VC's. In X I can click in the window and get menus to pop up and occasionally I will lite up a button all in the blind.Below are the two configurations that work. XF86Config:Protocol PS/2Device /dev/gpmdataorProtocol PS/2Device/dev/mouseand gpm.conf wasDevice/dev/psauxtype ps2 Try adding in your gpm.conf the line repeat_type=raw... Andrea -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Still No Cursor in X
Problem: I cannot get a cursor in X with my PS/2 generic mouse. I do get a cursor in the Text mode and can cut and paste between VC's.In XI can click in the window and get menus to pop up and occasionally I will lite up a button all in the blind. Beloware the two configurations that work. XF86Config: Protocol "PS/2" Device "/dev/gpmdata" or Protocol "PS/2" Device "/dev/mouse" and gpm.conf was Device /dev/psaux type ps2 Now, how do I getthe cursor working in X??? Again thanks for the help. John [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Still No Cursor in X
On Sun, Jan 28, 2001 at 08:41:16PM -0800, hammack wrote: Problem: I cannot get a cursor in X with my PS/2 generic mouse. I do get a cursor in the Text mode and can cut and paste between VC's. In X I can click in the window and get menus to pop up and occasionally I will lite up a button all in the blind.Below are the two configurations that work. XF86Config: Protocol PS/2 Device/dev/gpmdata or Protocol PS/2 Device/dev/mouse and gpm.conf was Device/dev/psaux type ps2 Now, how do I get the cursor working in X??? Again thanks for the help. John [EMAIL PROTECTED] Many people are having problems with their mouse when running X and at the same time the console mouse server gpm. You can check the archives for info on this. Personally I just shut down gpm with - # /etc/init.d/gpm stop Then my mouse works fine in X. I did have my mouse working in both environments at one time. I think I had the configuration in XF86Config the same as the top one in the snip you posted. The trouble was in the bargain I lost my scroll button. For the time being I just have aliases for starting and stopping gpm and use those when I switch environments. hth, kent -- I'd really love ta wana help ya Flanders but... Homer Simpson
