Re: Mouse Problems, updated
On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 05:53:40AM -0400, M. T. Burek, Ph.D. wrote:
> OK... I think I figured out what was making my mouse so screwy, but I still
> have all kinds of problems.
>
> Problem overview:
>
> I have a Compaq LTE5300 laptop on which I installed Debian 2.2r3. I
> installed about 750MB or so of software, including XFree86, KDE 2.1, GNOME,
> and others. It was a pretty standard install, using apt-get via http. My
> mouse (a PS/2 pin-type pointing device) worked fine in console, using gpm,
> but never worked in X. It would move, but so fast I could not see it, and
> when I left it alone, would show up in the extreme left-hand corner of the
> screen. I did a test where I killed the gpm server and ran XF86Setup, where
> after I configured the mouse, it actually worked in XF86Setup. However, When
> I typed in "startx" in console after the test (did not reboot), the system
> booted into X, then GNOME, and the mouse worked not at all... just a arrow
> in the middle of my screen. When I first start the machine, KDE starts, not
> GNOME... I just tab my way to "Shutdown/Console Mode" to get to Runlevel 3
> (the console) so I can actually do anything. I am at a loss at this point. I
> read through every HOWTO, Mini-HOWTO, man page, and book I have, all to no
> avail. I am afraid the my choices are one of two at this point:
I'm not quite clear here on what you are trying to do here, get rid of gnome and startx with kde i assume... also get your mouse working... could you perhaps attach a copy of your /etc/X11/XF86Config file... and could you please give me a little more info about the exact goals here...
>
> 1) uninstall X, gpm, KDE, GNOME and re-install just X, and KDE (I hate
> GNOME, I don't know how it got installed)
should be able to just uninstall gnome, dpkg -l '*gnome*' would be a good start for the list of gnome packages.
> 2) wipe out the entire Debian installation and start over from scratch,
> installing each package at a time
doh, sounds like too much work to me...
>
> I admit, while I am an expert in DOS/Win systems, as well as Amigas, I have
> little Linux/UNIX experience, and no Debian experience. I installed this
> system to learn from. I did have a Caldera 2.3 box for a few months about a
> year or so ago, but needed it immediately for another purpose, and had to
> wipe Caldera off of it.
cool man, i would like to help you, feel free to email me directly maybe.
>
> Can I remove some or all of this stuff with apt-get (just like this:
> "apt-get remove (or uninstall) gpm)? I admit that the apt-get menu is very
> daunting to me, as there is very little help with it. I cannot even tell how
> to move back to the main screen after selecting something in a lower screen.
apt-get doesn't have a menu as far as i have used it, what are you using, aptitude maybe? the apt-get remove <packagename> line you mentioned works though, but i usually use aptitude to queue up a bunch of package downloads or removals to save on typing package names.
>
> I could really use some detailed help here. I am not stupid, and I learn
> fast, but for some reason this is just starting to get the best of me...
don't give up yet...
>
> I appreciate all of your efforts, and thank you.
>
> MBN
>
>
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nathanp.
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