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Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05




----- Original Message ----- From: "Kent West" <westk@acu.edu>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 9:36 PM
Subject: Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05


mailmanmike@sbcglobal.net wrote:

I'm pretty sure GPM is not installed, I remember trying to install
that and could never get it working a long time ago.
I just checked the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and the mouse is (as it
should be) listed as /dev/input/mice. However I tried putting it as
/dev/psaux to no avail.

What happens if you type "cat /dev/input/mice" and then move the mouse
around? You should get garbage on the screen. (Ctrl-C to break out of this.)

I can't understand why the dist-upgrade today would have caused a
mouse config problem.

The windows partition is NTFS...I don't know how to command line a
logfile to a floppy...basiaclly I am "command-line stupid" here.
I am somehow fairly cetain that re-installing the nvidia driver might
help,

Only if you have video driver problems _in addition to_ your "core input
device" problems. I'd suggest you address the problem that the logfile
refers to, before chasing a different problem.

Here's how to put the "XFree86.0.log" file on a floppy.

Boot into Linux.

Put formatted floppy in drive (FAT32 preferably).

Become root.

"mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt"

"cp /var/log/XFree86.0.log /mnt"

"umount /mnt"

Reboot into Windows.


--
Kent

Thanks again Kent.
Doing "cat /dev/input/mice" gets "no such device" (something like that)
Funny, that's what my USB microsoft wheelmouse has always been...I just tried an old PS2 mouse and it doesn't show up either. Anyway, tomorrow I'll take a fresh start and get that log on a floppy like you suggest and see if I can post it.
Thank you.




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