Re: XFree86.4.3.0 and some more

[Jason Kraftcheck <kraftche@cae.wisc.edu>]

Anders Malmberg wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I installed XFree86.4.3.0 last week because this version supported my
> ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 screen. I have some problems after this.
> (I am able to run startx and everything looks nice that far :)
>
> 1. The session manager is lost somewhere...
> When I log on I only recieve the bw promt. How do
> I fix that? I want to be able to choose from KDE and Gnome etc.

apt-get install kdm

> 2. When I lower my screen there is a switch which triggs the machine
> into a APM mode or something. Everything gets black when the screen
> is raised again and what I do to start work again is to re-log-on. Takes
> some time. I would simply like to be able to lower my screen whenever
> I need to.

This sounds like a bug in the graphics driver.  If you don't want to 
suspend when you close the cover, you can disable that in the BIOS.

> 3. Mouse problem. How do I detect external mouse in debian?

What kind of mouse (USB, PS/2, serial).  What interface is your 
trackpad/pointing-stick/whatever using (again, USB, PS/2, etc.)  If both 
are PS/2, then your BIOS should handle this.  If both the trackpad or 
whatever and the external mouse are using USB, you need to change the line 
'Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0" in your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 to 
'Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice".  If your trackpad and external mouse 
are using different interfaces (e.g. one is USB and one is PS/2), then you 
need to add a second "InputDevice" section to your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4". 
 Something like this:

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"USB Mice"
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"SendCoreEvents"	"true"
	Option		"Device"		"/dev/input/mice"
	Option		"Protocol"		"ImPS/2"
	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"false"
	Option		"ZAxisMapping"		"4 5"
EndSection

And in the "ServerLayout" section, add a line like the following:

        InputDevice "USB Mice"

Note that the name on that line should match whatever the Identifier is in 
the "InputDevice" sections.  Use whatever identifier you want as long as 
both match.

Also, if the external mouse is USB, you need to make sure the following 
modules are loaded or load when X starts:

hid
usbmouse
mousedev
input
usb-uhci
usbcore

You might need
"usb-ohci" rather than "usb-uhci" depending on your chipset.

I assumed you do not have gpm installed and thus are not using the gpm 
repeater is your X mouse device.  If you are using gpm and both the 
trackpad and the mouse use the same interface (e.g. both USB), then you 
may need to fix the gpm settings instead of or in addition to changing 
your X config.


> Any help?
>
> thanks,
> Anders.