Re: X does not start
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I'm in the same boat. Except I know that when you see (EE) in your log, that
means bad things, and explains why X won't start. Try changing the mouse to
/dev/input/mice and see if that makes a difference.
HTH
Russell
On Friday 15 March 2002 07:39 am, Jean Magnan de Bornier wrote:
> Hello,
> I recently installed woody (by ftp) on a first-generation iMac (code : 406,
> RAM : 32 MB); everything went fine, except that when typing "startx", or
> "startx kde", or "startx gnome", the system cannot do it. At the first
> start after installation, it proposed to fix the problem by configuring
> again the X server, and I said yes, but then nothing happened during 25
> minutes (the on/off button had become red) and I finally had to switch off.
> Maybe I should have left it more time?
>
> Anyway, the log message was saying this, among other things that seem less
> important: "
> (**) Configured Mouse : Protocol : "PS/2"
> (**) Configured Mouse : Core Pointer
> (EE) xf86OpenSerial : Cannot open device /dev/psaux
> no such device
> (EE) Configured Mouse :cannot open input device
> (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Conf Mouse"
> (**) Generic Mouse : protocol : "ImPS/2"
> (**) Generic Mouse : always reports core events
> (==) Generic Mouse : Buttons = 3
> (**) Generic Mouse : Emulate 3 buttons, Emulate 3timeout
> (**) Generic Mouse : ZAxisMapping : buttons 4 and 5
> (WW) No core pointer registered
> (II) XINPUT : Adding extended input device "Generic Mouse" (Type = Mouse)
> no core pointer
> Fatal Server error:
> failed to initialize core device
>
> When reporting a problem, etc.."
>
> Is there a solution?
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