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From: Richard Dice <rdice@pobox.com>
To: basile.starynkevitch@wanadoo.fr, branden@deadbeast.net
Subject: Re: Xfree 4.0.2 driver module problem for ATI R128 (unstable) (Debian
Bug report logs - #81007)
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 10:31:30 -0500
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Basile & Branden:
Hello!
I read the following web page with great interest:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=81007&repeatmerged=yes
I experienced the same problem that Basile did, and by switching over to
the "ati" driver (as Branden suggested), I regained use of XFree86 4.0.2.
Hurray!
However...
In doing so, I've lost control of my mouse. The touchpad and the
eraser-head mouse-like devices on my laptop (Dell Inspiron 4000) are
completely non-responsive under X, and the PS/2 mouse that I've got
plugged into the back of the computer goes completely nonlinear and
nonfunctional with the switch to the "ati" driver. I was wondering if
this sounds at all familiar to either of you, and if a solution is known.
The relevant portion of my XF86Config-4 file is...
.........
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection
.........
... and ls -l /dev/psaux gives me
.........
crw------- 1 root root 10, 1 Dec 22 00:54 /dev/psaux
.........
This all seems pretty normal to me.
However, I can't claim that this all is a controlled experiment.
In the time that my XFree86 4.0.1 was down with the attempted 4.0.2
upgrade, I recompiled my kernel to Linux 2.2.18 and also tried installing
the Xig X package as well. The kernel recompile was with options that
had always worked for me on my 2.2.17 kernel, but it's always possible
that Xig left crud hanging around when I de-installed it that could
interfer with Xfree86 4.0.X.
Anyhow... obviously, with the kind of radical stuff I've done, there
is plenty of room for random, hard-to-figure-out errors. But if
either of you are aware of a known mouse issue with the ati driver
attempt, please let me know. (btw, I tried the "vga" driver as well --
the same thing happened with the mouse)
Btw... do either of you have any experience with trying to get XFree86
to provide output to a notebook's LCD screen and an external video
device (monitor, data projector, etc.) _simultaneously_? I've been
fighting with this for weeks. I'm starting to think that the r128 driver
that I had been using simply can't provide this capability.
Cheers,
Richard
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