Xserver can't find the mouse
Hello!
The cdrom finally mounts! Thanks Bruce! But... believe it or not, what
actually worked was when I accidentally typed: mount sonycd /cdrom!?!?!
ls /dev/sonycd still comes up empty, but the cdrom works. I?m sure this
is probably bad, but I was so happy it finally worked I didn?t want to
question it.
So I went ahead and used dselect to install a number of packages,
including the ones for X windows (was I bad?). I was able to find all the
information for the monitor, video card, etc. and the Xf86config seemed to go
fine. But now the xserver can?t find the mouse! I got the final error
messages at the end after typing
?startx? (the rest of the messages are given further below):
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
compiled/xfree86.xkm'
Fatal server error:
Cannot open mouse (No such file or directory)
When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
the full server output, not just the last messages
X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
When I looked for /dev/mouse (or just plain ?mouse?) with ls
no such file was found, and MAKEDEV gives the message ?don?t know
how to make device ?mouse??. The mouse itself is nothing special
? just a microsoft standard serial mouse. :-(
Is there an additional package or file I need to install, or
do you think this has to do with my cdrom problem?
Thanks for all your patient help :-)
Best Wishes,
Manu
Script started on Sat May 6 18:17:15 2000
Agape:~# startx
XFree86 Version 3.3.4 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
Release Date: July 13 1999
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 2.0.36 i686 [ELF]
Configured drivers:
SVGA: server for SVGA graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0):
NV1, STG2000, RIVA 128, RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2, RIVA ULTRA
TNT2,
RIVA VANTA, RIVA ULTRA VANTA, RIVA INTEGRATED, ET4000,
ET4000W32,
ET4000W32i, ET4000W32i_rev_b, ET4000W32i_rev_c, ET4000W32p,
ET4000W32p_rev_a, ET4000W32p_rev_b, ET4000W32p_rev_c,
ET4000W32p_rev_d, ET6000, ET6100, et3000, pvga1, wd90c00,
wd90c10,
wd90c30, wd90c24, wd90c31, wd90c33, gvga, ati, sis86c201,
sis86c202,
sis86c205, sis86c215, sis86c225, sis5597, sis5598, sis6326,
sis530,
sis620, tvga8200lx, tvga8800cs, tvga8900b, tvga8900c,
tvga8900cl,
tvga8900d, tvga9000, tvga9000i, tvga9100b, tvga9200cxr,
tgui9400cxi,
tgui9420, tgui9420dgi, tgui9430dgi, tgui9440agi, cyber9320,
tgui9660,
tgui9680, tgui9682, tgui9685, cyber9382, cyber9385,
cyber9388,
cyber9397, cyber9520, cyber9525, 3dimage975, 3dimage985,
cyber9397dvd,
blade3d, cyberblade, clgd5420, clgd5422, clgd5424, clgd5426,
clgd5428,
clgd5429, clgd5430, clgd5434, clgd5436, clgd5446, clgd5480,
clgd5462,
clgd5464, clgd5465, clgd6205, clgd6215, clgd6225, clgd6235,
clgd7541,
clgd7542, clgd7543, clgd7548, clgd7555, clgd7556, ncr77c22,
ncr77c22e,
cpq_avga, mga2064w, mga1064sg, mga2164w, mga2164w AGP,
mgag200,
mgag100, mgag400, oti067, oti077, oti087, oti037c, al2101,
ali2228,
ali2301, ali2302, ali2308, ali2401, cl6410, cl6412, cl6420,
cl6440,
video7, ark1000vl, ark1000pv, ark2000pv, ark2000mt, mx,
realtek,
s3_virge, AP6422, AT24, AT3D, s3_svga, NM2070, NM2090,
NM2093, NM2097,
NM2160, NM2200, ct65520, ct65525, ct65530, ct65535, ct65540,
ct65545,
ct65546, ct65548, ct65550, ct65554, ct65555, ct68554,
ct69000,
ct64200, ct64300, mediagx, V1000, V2x00, p9100, spc8110,
i740,
i740_pci, Voodoo Banshee, Voodoo3, generic
(using VT number 7)
XF86Config: /etc/X11/XF86Config
(**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
(**) XKB: keymap: "xfree86(us)" (overrides other XKB settings)
(**) Mouse: type: Microsoft, device: /dev/mouse, baudrate: 1200
(**) Mouse: buttons: 3, 3 button emulation (timeout: 50ms)
(**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: "WD90C31"
(**) SVGA: Monitor ID: "NEC Multisync 3Ds"
(--) SVGA: Mode "640x400" 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 48.08 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/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:un
scaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X1
1/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11
/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
(--) SVGA: WD: Signature for WD90C[23]X=[0x33 0x31]
(--) SVGA: chipset: wd90c31
(--) SVGA: videoram: 1024k
(**) SVGA: clocks: 25.34 28.32 65.30 36.11 40.12 50.17
32.10 45.19
(**) SVGA: clocks: 31.76 36.11 75.45 50.17 30.04 77.60
0.00 80.29
(**) SVGA: clocks: 45.19
(**) SVGA: Using 8 bpp, Depth 8, Color weight: 666
(--) SVGA: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 90.000 MHz
(**) SVGA: Mode "640x480": mode clock = 25.175, clock used =
25.340
(**) SVGA: Mode "800x600": mode clock = 36.000, clock used =
36.110
(**) SVGA: Mode "1024x768": mode clock = 44.900, clock used =
45.190
(--) SVGA: Virtual resolution set to 1024x768
(--) SVGA: Generic SpeedUps selected (Flags=0x30)
(--) SVGA: PVGA1: SpeedUps selected (Flags=0xf)
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
compiled/xfree86.xkm'
Fatal server error:
Cannot open mouse (No such file or directory)
When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
the full server output, not just the last messages
X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
Agape:~# exit
exit
In a message dated 5/6/00 1:16:08 AM EST, bsass@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca writes:
<< On Sat, 6 May 2000 MSaxena358@aol.com wrote:
> I?m grateful for your help. It seems as though the problem
> is there is no /cdrom directory or files! Do you know how I can
> fix this? Perhaps load a disk image onto a floppy, or...?
>
> Here's the latest script:
>
> Agape:~# mount /dev/sonycd /cdrom
> mount: /dev/sonycd is not a block device
I don't know why you get the above message.
> Agape:~# ls -l /dev/sonycd /dev/cdrom
> ls: /dev/cdrom: No such file or directory
> total 0
> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 15, 0 May 5 20:37 sonycd-
>
> Agape:~# ls -l /dev/cdrom
> ls: /dev/cdrom: No such file or directory
You're correct, no entry for cdrom...
<...>
> /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noauto
> 0 0
... ok,
make sure you have a dir named "cdrom" in the "/" directory...
> Agape:~# ln -s /dev/sonycd /dev/cdrom
... you've just created an entry for cdrom in /dev.
You would now be able to use: "mount /cdrom" or "mount /dev/cdrom", if
the following error was not getting in the way...
> Agape:~# mount /dev/sonycd /cdrom
> mount: /dev/sonycd is not a block device
:/ Hmmm, does "dmesg" show the boot sequence as having loaded the
sonycd module without errors?
Try this sequence of commands:
cd /dev
rm sonycd
./MAKEDEV sonycd
mount /cdrom
later,
Bruce
>>
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