X won't start
I've just installed Debian on an 8600 (upgraded to G4-400).
When I boot, I get a good bootup process, then 4 gray screens flash
before I get a prompt (text login).
when I ask to startx,
I get lots of screen resolutions and frequencies running by (they all
say "deleted")
then (paraphrasing somewhat)
frambefuffer device: control
video memory 4095k 0x94800010
type 0 type_aux 0 bit per pixel 8
hardware acceleration none
no driver support for hardware acceleration
bpp = 8 depth = 8 bits per RGB 8
Fatal server error
cannot open mouse (no such device)
So I think it's a mouse problem. I have a standard Apple ADB mouse
and a Logitech USB Orbit.
They're usually both plugged in, but I get the same result even when
each is plugged in by itself.
As Debian loads, it actually recognizes (registers?) the Logitech,
because I see its name go by during bootup.
I do not recall ever having the opportunity to configure video or
mouse (one of which I imagine is the problem) except that I told the
installer not to try to automatically do video. That's because the
same thing happened on my *first* install, yesterday, when I *did*
allow it to automagically do video config ...
I've also tried unchecking "force video driver" in BootX (1.2.3) options.
Same result.
The install is from the standard, stable .iso images I downloaded
last fall --- (2.2r4 or 2.2r2? I think?)
I have tried
typing
Xconfigurator
Xconfig
/usr/X11/XF86Config-4
/usr/X11/XF86Config
/etc/XF86Config-4
and every other idea I can get from searching the site.
No dice, it always returns "no such file."
Where do I find/fix the config to get past this?
TIA
-ms
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