Re: X problems
On 17-Maj-00, you wrote:
> Björn Johansson wrote:
>
>> I have been trying a lot to get the mouse working under X, but with no
>> luck. GPM is configured to use the mouse, so I know which device it would
>> be configured as.
>
> You need protocol "busmouse" and device /dev/amigamouse.
Ok, fixed.
>
>
>> I have also been experiencing problems with X(Xfree86 3.3.6). After
>> installing a program called: *app.login*(nextstep look) it did something
>> bad with my system(I think), so now I had a nice login window but when I
>> tried to log in, the window closes(accepts the password) and then the
>> login window appears again telling me to login. I have done many
>> reinstallations of the files which could have been damaged, replaced the
>> XF86Config file, even changed XDM to WDM, but nothing seems to work :(.
>> Before the installation of the login.app, XDM worked just fine. Many of
>> the problems I'm having has to do with the fact that I've done a bad
>> installation(it'll do for now). Once Potato get's finished I won't haveto
>> mess around so much with the system all the time, hopefully ;).
>>
>> When running startx, the output doesn't complain about anything(weird!).
>> After opening the display it shuts down, maybe someone got a clue?
>
> You have to check how login.app starts the actual session and configure
> that to start what you want.
It won't matter how I configure login.app or any other login-program
for that matter, because X won't start at all. It just starts and I can move
the mouse for 1 second or so.
>
>
> If it doesn't work, go back to xdm or gdm.
>
>
> Michel
>
>
Here's what the wdm.log gives:
XFree86 Version 3.3.6 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
Release Date: January 8 2000
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer
than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting
problems. (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Operating System: Linux 2.2.15pre10 ppc [ELF]
Configured drivers:
FBDev: Server for frame buffer device
(Patchlevel 11): mfb, afb, cfb8, cfb16, cfb32, NCR 77C32BLT (accel), ATI
Mach64 (accel), IMS TwinTurbo (accel), 3Dlabs Permedia 2 (accel)
(using VT number 7)
XF86Config: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config
(**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
(**) XKB: disabled
(**) Mouse: type: busmouse, device: /dev/amigamouse, buttons: 3
(**) Mouse: 3 button emulation (timeout: 50ms)
(**) FBDev: Graphics device ID: "Linux Frame Buffer Device"
(**) FBDev: Monitor ID: "ANITECH"
(**) FontPath set to
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
(**) FBDev: Using XF86Config video mode database
(--) FBDev: Frame buffer device: Amiga AGA
(--) FBDev: Video memory: 1280K @ 0xbf000
(--) FBDev: MMIO regs: 0K @ (nil)
(--) FBDev: Type 1 type_aux 0 bits_per_pixel 8
(--) FBDev: Hardware accelerator: Amiga Blitter
(--) FBDev: No driver support for hardware acceleration
(--) FBDev: Using afb driver
X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
--
MVH Björn "Bear" Johansson
http://bounce.to/amigafreak
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