Re: X getting close (was X won't start)

[Marc Stergionis <stermarc@mac.com>]

Yup, that worked!!!

Looks like my keyboard is *way* scambled now, though.

When I started X and ran a terminal, the keys did not match what I 
was typing. And it looks like my resolution is 640 by 480, but it's 
trying to display something much bigger, I'm missing some of the 
screen.

When I did a forced restart (Mac key command) I got a GUI login 
instead of text which I specified at install.

And I can't log in because my keys aren't mapped right?

There's a little consol in the bottom right corner. When I try to log 
in as root I get tab (jumps to the other field) ssw

instead of root

When I do backspace (delete) it types commas.

when I try to type my user (marc) I get "nothing typed" for "m" If I 
try to do commandF2 or commandF3 or optionF2 or optionF3 to get a 
terminal, I get nothing (of course Debian isn't seeing it as 
commandF2 ??)

Can I force a text login somehow, and what keyboard fixes/resolution 
fixes am I looking for??

Thanks

-ms

Sometime around 7:13 PM +0200 on 6/17/02, Michel Lanners wrote thus:
> On  17 Jun, this message from Marc Stergionis echoed through cyberspace:
> >  At sometime around 8:41 AM +0200 on 6/15/02, Michel Lanners wrote thus:
> > > Try my attached XFconfig. It's for control on a 7600.
> > >
> > > Substitute my Dell Monitor with yours, and make sure to correct the
> > > horizontal and vertical frequency range.
> >
> >  Thanks Michel.
> >
> >  I think I'm close. startx seems to want to restart the monitor under
> >  X but maybe having mouse trouble.
>
> >  (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/mice
> >         No such file or directory
> >  (EE) Configured Mouse; cannot open input device
> >  (E) PreInit failed for input device "Configured Mouse"
> >  (WW) No core pointer registered
> >  No core pointer
>
> >  This 8600, of course, has an ADB Mouse II mouse, should that be
> >  entered anywhere in Input Devices?
>
> No.
>
> >  Input devices had two sections for mice:
> >
> >  "Configured Mouse"
> >
> >  and
> >
> >  "Generic Mouse"
> >
> >  I have commented out "Generic"
>
> That's debconf-generated XFConfig. Doesn't do any harm.
>
> >  what do I put in /dev/input/mice to make this work.
>
> as root# cd dev; ./MAKEDEV input
>
> >  Potato 2.2r0 upgraded to Woody.
>
> Strange; input devices should have been created then...


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