RE: x startup
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From: Kent West [mailto:westk@acu.edu]
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 3:16 PM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: x startup
ok the touch pad in not cracked but it does not work in any configuration
windows98, linux, mandrake kde. It quit and I have not fixed it yet. It
has been disabled in the cmos to stop the computer from looking for it
because it draws error messages when booting in dos for windows.
ctl alt f1 didn't do anything ctl alt f2 took me to a virtual termainal and
i sign on and got no movement of the square. I have seen the square in
previous install on a different computer so i know what you are telling me
to look for its just not there.
I tried the "ps ax | grep [g]pm i got no wessage back
i tried ps ax | grep gpm and i got 961 tty1 s 0:00 grep gpm
Billy Bump wrote:
> The laptop is a gateway 2300 p200 with neomagic video card and tft display
> and a 4.1 gb harddrive. The touch pad does not work at all i have been
> working to fix it but is broken now.
That doesn't quite answer Vineet's question. Is the touch pad physically
broken (cracks, smoke wafting upwards from it, sparks shooting out when
your fingers drift too near, etc), or is it merely not configured
properly to work?
> the trackball is pu=luged into the usb port and the system looks to
> /dev/gmpdata and i guess yes to the gmp question i'm not sure
Press "Ctrl-Alt-F1" to switch to the first virtual terminal and move the
mouse. Do you see a white square mouse pointer moving around?
While there, do a "ps ax | grep [g]pm"; what's the result? If it lists
something like:
2135 ? S 0:13 /usr/sbin/gpm -m /dev/psaux -t imps2 -r 25 -Rraw
then yes, you have gpm running.
In which case, get the white square mose pointer working first. Then
worry about X.
Kent
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