Re: Fw: Moron X not working

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

hammack wrote:

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Joris Lambrecht

To: 'hammack'

Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 4:02 AM

Subject: RE: Moron X not working

 

Hi,,

 

why not use xf86config to set up everything you'll probably see your trackball listed ...

 

also take a look at http://www.xfree86.org

 

regards,

 

J.L.

 

Joris, been there done that and thanks for the response.  

 

 I have run xf86config 3 times and done some manual mods to the Pointer section.  I have been around all the documentation is the system and am going to redefine the problem. 

 

As presently configured the startx strartup file does not complain about the mouse even though there is no curser with the first screen comes up.  Here is the tail of the startx startup file. 

`/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp -w 1 -R/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb -xkm -m us_microsoft -em1 "The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:" -emp "> " -eml "Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server" keymap/xfree86 /var/tmp/xfree86.xkm'

xinit:  connection to X server lost.

 

waiting for X server to shut down

----------------------------------  end of startx startup   ------------------------

As noted below I have some files that are pointed to but do not exist.

variable=$HOME/.xinitrc  <= not present in HOME
variable=$HOME/.serverrc <= not present in HOME
The file xserverrc does not exist?

Might I suggest you simplify the problem? Rename your current /etc/X11/XF86Config[-4]
 file for backup purposes. Borrow a plain serial or PS/2 mouse and replace
 the trackball with it temporarily (or use no mouse and a keyboard-friendly
 wm like icewm). Rerun XF86Setup or xf86config or dexter or anXious (whichever
 works the best). Install icewm or something simpler like that and set it
 as your default window manager. Now does X run? If not, it's not a trackball
 issue. If so, replace the mouse with the trackball and try again and let
 us know the results.

Also, you might try getting your trackball to work in a text console with
 gpm (run gpmconfig). Also, if you already have gpm running and working with
 your trackball, you might need to point X to /dev/gpmdata instead of /dev/[mouse|psaux].

It seems to me from the logs below that since "All modeline options [are]
 deleted", you have a video problem instead of a trackball problem. But then,
 I'm no expert.

-----Original Message-----
From: hammack [mailto:hammack@ridgenet.net]
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 6:41 AM
To: User Debian
Cc: Cliff Long Ball Stone
Subject: Moron X not working

Thanks to Mark and Mike for your response I have tried to respond and rewrite my problems.  Thanks gents.  John                               hammack@ridgenet.net

 

 

After initiating "startx" a window comes up with a menu.  I am not sure this is an X window or the window manager.  But the mouse cursor is not present and the mouse buttons are not effective.  At this point I don't think the screen is frozen because initially "enlightenment" scrawls in the center of the screen.  The mouse is a kensington track ball.  If necessay I would get another pointing device.  But it was working under an OLD ver of Slackware.  It works under windows as a PS/2. 

I captured the startx log it is attached.  Note that xinit reports, "connection to X server lost."

This may terminated X and therefor the mouse never gets a chance to work.   

Just prior to that report the following is also reported:

The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: " emp " > " -eml "

Errors from xkb comp are not fatal to the X server.

 

XF86Config originally generated Device as "/dev/mouse"

I changed it to, Device   "/dev/psaux."  It still doesn't work. 

 

See below:

1.  startx startup log.

2.  SuperProbe log

3.  Other notes

 

Hardware:  PII 266 mhz 64MB, 2MB on Diamond, kensington TB (PS/2)

OS: Linux 2.2.17 pre10 i686 [ELF]

X manager = enlightenment

Problem:  startx results with screen and no cursor. 

- Blue/green screen appears with menu and a few horizontal lines.

- "enlightenment" scrawls and dissappeears.

- no cursor is present

- ctrl-alt-BS exits the window.

 

Some output of startx  expaned version below

 

Configured Drivers: SVGA  (the S3_VIRGE/VX driver did not work)

mouse: type PS/2, device /dev/psaux, button 3.

SVGA:  Graphics device ID:  Diamond

SVGA:  Monitor ID:  Fairview

SVGA:  PCI: S3 ViRGE/VX

SVGA:  Detected S3 ViRGE/VX

SVGA:  using driver for chipset "s3_virge"

.....

Other questions from startx as follows:

startx has following lines:
variable=$HOME/.xinitrc  <= not present in HOME
variable=$HOME/.serverrc <= not present in HOME
variable=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc
variable=""""""""""""""""""""""""/xserverrc
 But the following is true
    xinitrc -> /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc  (xinitrc is
                                        there)
    xserverrc -> /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc  (no file)
    A find on *xserverrc* list it only at the dir
above listed in startx.

 

Any help is greatly appreciated.   Hammack@ridgenet.net

 

See below:

1.  startx startup log.

2.  SuperProbe log

3.  Other notes

 

-------------------------------     startx startup log  -----------------------------

 

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 2.2.17pre10 i686 [ELF]
Configured drivers:
  SVGA: server for SVGA graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 1):
        s3_virge,

All Modeline options deleted     

 

XF86Config: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config
(**) stands for supplied,
(--) stands for probed/default values
(**) XKB: keymap: "xfree86(us)" (overrides other XKB settings)
(**) Mouse: type: PS/2, device: /dev/mouse, buttons: 3
(**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: "Diamond "
(**) SVGA: Monitor ID: "FairView"
(--) SVGA: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 35.16 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 35.52 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "640x400" needs hsync freq of 37.86 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "640x480" needs hsync freq of 36.46 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "640x480" needs hsync freq of 37.50 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 37.88 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "640x480" needs hsync freq of 43.27 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 43.92 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 48.08 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 48.36 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "640x480" needs hsync freq of 53.01 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 53.51 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 55.84 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 56.48 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 51.02 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 64.02 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 62.50 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 62.42 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 64.25 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 70.24 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 70.88 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 74.59 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 75.00 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 76.01 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 78.86 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 80.21 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 81.13 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 87.50 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 89.62 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 91.15 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 93.75 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 105.77 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 107.16 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 96.15 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 104.52 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "320x240" needs hsync freq of 39.38 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "400x300" needs hsync freq of 35.16 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "400x300" needs hsync freq of 37.88 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "400x300" needs hsync freq of 48.08 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "480x300" needs hsync freq of 35.16 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "480x300" needs hsync freq of 37.80 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "480x300" needs hsync freq of 39.56 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "480x300" needs hsync freq of 48.00 kHz. Deleted.
(**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/:
     unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:
     unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,
     /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,
     /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,
     /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
(--) SVGA: PCI: S3 ViRGE/VX rev 2, Memory @ 0x80000000
(--) SVGA: S3V: ViRGE/VX rev 2, Linear FB @ 0x80000000
(--) SVGA: Detected S3 ViRGE/VX
(--) SVGA: using driver for chipset "s3_virge"
(--) SVGA: videoram:  2048k
(--) SVGA: Ramdac speed: 220 MHz
(--) SVGA: Detected current MCLK value of 54.886 MHz
(--) SVGA: chipset:  s3_virge
(--) SVGA: videoram: 2048k
(**) SVGA: Using 8 bpp, Depth 8, Color weight: 666
(--) SVGA: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 220.000 MHz
(**) SVGA: Mode "640x480": mode clock =  25.175
(--) SVGA: There is no mode definition named "800x600"
(--) SVGA: Removing mode "800x600" from list of valid modes.
(--) SVGA: There is no mode definition named "1024x768"
(--) SVGA: Removing mode "1024x768" from list of valid modes.
(--) SVGA: There is no mode definition named "1280x1024"
(--) SVGA: Removing mode "1280x1024" from list of valid modes.
(--) SVGA: Virtual resolution set to 640x480
(--) SVGA: SpeedUp code selection modified because virtualX != 1024
(--) SVGA: s3_virge: Using hardware cursor
(--) SVGA: Using XAA (XFree86 Acceleration Architecture)
(--) SVGA: XAA: Solid filled rectangles
(--) SVGA: XAA: Screen-to-screen copy
(--) SVGA: XAA: 8x8 pattern fill
(--) SVGA: XAA: 8x8 color expand pattern fill
(--) SVGA: XAA: CPU to screen color expansion
     (bitmap, TE/NonTE imagetext, TE/NonTE polytext)
(--) SVGA: XAA: Using 5 128x128 areas for pixmap caching
(--) SVGA: XAA: Caching tiles and non-transparent stipples
(--) SVGA: XAA: Horizontal and vertical lines and segments
System: `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp -w 1 -R
         /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb -xkm -m us -em1
         "The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp)
          reports:" -emp "> " -eml "Errors from xkbcomp
          are not fatal to the X server"
          keymap/xfree86 /var/tmp/xfree86.xkm'

 

xinit:  connection to X server lost.

 

waiting for X server to shut down

-----------------   end of startx startup log   -------------------

-------------------------     SuperProbe Version 2.21 (12 October 1999)  ------------
 
(c) Copyright 1993,1994 by David Wexelblat 
(c) Copyright 1994-1998 by The XFree86 Project, Inc

BIOS Base address = 0xC0000

Doing Super-VGA Probes...

 Probing WD...

 Probing Video7...

 Probing MX...

 Probing Genoa...

 Probing UMC...

 Probing Trident...

 Probing SiS...

 Probing Matrox...

 Probing ATI...

 Probing Ahead...

 Probing NCR...

 Probing S3...

First video: Super-VGA

 Chipset: S3 ViRGE/VX (PCI Probed)

 Memory:  2048 Kbytes

 RAMDAC:  Generic 8-bit pseudo-color DAC

   (with 6-bit wide lookup tables

   (or in 6-bit mode))
-------------------------------- End SuperProbe ------------------------------------

 

Other notes:

 

startx has following lines:
variable=$HOME/.xinitrc  <= not present in HOME
variable=$HOME/.serverrc <= not present in HOME
variable=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc
variable=""""""""""""""""""""""""/xserverrc
 But the following is true
    xinitrc -> /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc  (xinitrc is
                                        there)
    xserverrc -> /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc  (no file)
    A find on *xserverrc* list it only at the dir
above listed in startx. 
###################################################
XF86Config originally generated Device as "/dev/mouse"
Device   "/dev/psaux"  ## I reset this line and it
doesn't work.