Re: GeForce4 card

[John Stevenson <objectcore@yahoo.co.uk>]

Try one of the following:

a) Change the Generic Mouse protocol to ImPS/2
b) Change the Configured Mouse to point to /dev/psaux
c) If you have a Logitec Mouse, try use the MouseManPlusPS/2 protocol.

Johnny.

> Subject:
> GeForce4 card
> From:
> john gennard <joney@clara.co.uk>
> Date:
> Thu, 17 Jul 2003 20:11:22 +0100
> To:
> debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
>
> I purchased a GeForce4 MX440 AGP8x 128Mb DDR VIVO DVI VGA card.
>  
<snip>

> 'Startx' opened a screen (even showing the login panel), but
> then aborted. The error messages refer to the mouse and
> configuration I did not include (maybe came from 'mdetect').
> I did a little googling, and it seems they may be because I
> have an optical PS/2 wheel mouse. I have another box also
> with the same type of mouse and the XF86Config-4 file on 
> that is identical in the mouse sections (the graphics card and 
> monitor sections are different though).
>
> I can't work out what is causing the problem. Can anyone
> please help.                    John.
>
> The section of the log file relating to the errors is:-
> ---------------------
> (**) Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
> (**) Configured Mouse: Protocol: "PS/2"
> (**) Option "CorePointer"
> (**) Configured Mouse: Core Pointer
> (**) Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
> (==) Configured Mouse: Buttons: 3
> (**) Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
> (**) Configured Mouse: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50
> (**) Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
> (**) Generic Mouse: Protocol: "ImPS/2"
> (**) Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
> (**) Generic Mouse: always reports core events
> (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/mice       No such device.
> (EE) Generic Mouse: cannot open input device
> (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Generic Mouse"
> (II) UnloadModule: "mouse"
> (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Configured Mouse" (type: MOUSE)
>
> Fatal server error:
> Caught signal 11.  Server aborting
>