Re: wtf? (long and frustrated)
Glenn English <ghe@slsware.com> writes:
> The mouse doesn't work, but there's a window telling which keys on the
> numeric keypad to use instead. Laptops don't have numeric keypads, and
> the system knows this is a laptop (I installed "Support for Dell
> laptops" and I saw something flash by while it was booting).
Looks like you are using XF86cfg to setup your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.
The problem with that program is, that it uses /dev/mouse as the mouse
device, but usually the mouse is connected to /dev/psaux. So I solved
this problem by removing /dev/mouse and setting a symbolic link that
is called /dev/mouse and that is pointing to /dev/psaux instead.
> I've installed Red Hat, Mandrake, and SuSE on this machine with no
> probs. I've used video and screen data from the XF86 config files from
> those installs, and from Dell's dox.
Well, if you have a running X on another distribution you should be
able to use the config file. But keep in mind that in SuSE (AFAIK)
the config file is named /etc/X11/XF86Config and in Woody with X 4.x
it is named /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.
> (Everything worked perfectly the first time, BTW, installing woody on my
> sister's old iMac, but I want it on my laptop.)
Well, Woody is running here fine on my Laptop. Even with PCMCIA ethernet
card :-)
Hope that helps
Rainer
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Rainer König, Diplom-Informatiker (FH), Augsburg, Germany
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