----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 10:27
PM
Subject: Re: cannot get into X - after
testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05
Kent,
and Ryan...
Thanks again...
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.
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,
I have had to do
that before when other upgrades have screwed up X.
I cannot do that with
gcc4 installed. I need to remove that, but when I do
it takes gcc out
with it. Then if I try and install gcc again with only
gcc-3.3 it won't
let me...it wants gcc-4 installed. Synaptic has a way to
lock in gcc3.3
but I don't know how to command line do
that.
I think dist-upgrade could force you to install udev, if it was not
installed this could change /dev directory and now /dev/input/mice simply does
not exist - try /dev/psaux.
also try apt-get install module-assistant,
then 'module-assistant auto-install nvidia', then apt-get install nvidia-glx
nvidia-kernel-common this will install nvidia driver debian way.
and
finally try imstalling midnight commander 'apt-get install mc' this will help
a lot with your command line troubles.
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I am able to get into X by running
"dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" and choosing "vesa" video driver,
then manually selecting the mouse as gpm. It will go into X but there is
no mouse movement. In effect it's useless, but seems like it's
progress.
I have the logfile here, it is huge so I only
included what seems to apply to the mouse:
Configured Mouse: Device:
"/dev/input/mice"
(**) Configured Mouse: Protocol: "ImPS/2"
(**) Option
"CorePointer"
(**) Configured Mouse: Core Pointer
(**) Option "Device"
"/dev/input/mice"
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device
/dev/input/mice
No such device.
(EE) Configured Mouse: cannot open
input device
(EE) PreInit failed for input device "Configured
Mouse"
(II) UnloadModule: "mouse"
(WW) No core pointer
registered