Debian, Xwindows, USB Mouse and GeForce 4
Hi,
I have an unremarkable Pentium 4-class machine that I wish to operate as
a webserver. I have installed Debian (v 3.0 r2 i386, the latest
"Woody") from CD. I have a GeForce4 Ti 4200 and a Logitech Dual Optical
mouse plugged into my USB port.
When I type 'startx' I get 'Fatal server error'. The error messages are
too numerous to fit onto one screen but they are basically variations on
the theme of 'no compatible video card found'
I have used dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 to declare my video card to
be 'nv', 'vesa' or 'vga'. VGA seems to get me closer than ever before,
but startx still results in 'Fatal server error'.
I have downloaded the Linux drivers from the NVidia website (a script
called nvidia-linux-x86...). When I run it, it complains that
'No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel'. It
tries to, but can't find one from nVidia's ftp site. It therefore asks
me to ensure my kernel's source is on my computer so that it can compile
its own. (There is currently no kernel source on my computer).
So now I guess I need to put my kernel source on my computer. How do I
do this? apt-get install kernel-source results in a selection, none of
which I think are relevant to my kerenel.
What do I have to tell the dpkg configuration screens to make X windows
recognize my USB mouse? At the moment it says 'Cannot open device
/dev/psaux' (or whatever else I say my mouse is).
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