Re: 7r4B Problems

From: Juha Paavola (juha.paavola@compart.fi)
Date: Tue Dec 07 1999 - 20:52:07 CET


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From: Dave Houghton <davehoughton@g0mxw.free-online.co.uk>
To: <mulinux@sunsite.auc.dk>
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 1999 4:49 AM
Subject: Re: 7r4B Problems

> Renato wrote:
>
> > Michele,
> >
> > I had the same problem with X11 in 7r4b.
> > I configured mulinux the same way I did in previous versions.
> > When I enter 'startx' I see a black screen for about 5 seconds and then I'm back to the prompt with a message about log error file.
> > In all other previous versions the X Window ran nice and easy.
> > My eth card isn't detected by the system either. (even if I insmod the correct ethernet card module)
> > Fractured regards,
> >
> > Renato Guimaraes
> >
>
> Yes there is a bug in the setup routines that don't correctly configure the mouse type for X windows.
> I'm guessing that your using PS/2 mouse in which case edit the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config file.
>
> under section pointer change to the following:-
>
> Section "Pointer"
> Protocol "PS/2"
> Device "/dev/mouse"
>
>
> # Protocol "Xqueue"
> # BaudRate 9600
> # SampleRate 150
> # Emulate3Buttons
> # Emulate3Timeout 50
> # ChordMiddle
>
> EndSection
>
>
> This should get you going
>
> If you are on a non cloned i.e ramdisk system then you will obviously loose your changes if you reboot. What is supposed to happen is
> that /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86config takes the default file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config.in make the changes to the pointer section and then
> store it as XF86Config which is used as the configuration file for the X server.
> Michele knows about this so it should be fixed with his usual speedy efficiency
>
> Dave
> muLinux U.K. mirror
>
>
> >
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> > On 04/12/99 at 14:10 Michele Andreoli wrote:
> >
> > >On Fri, Dec 03, 1999 at 09:28:32PM -0800, David LeBlanc nicely wrote:
> > >> Hi;
> > >> When trying to install networking, I get "no eth cards in system" and the
> > >> /setup/modules/ETHERNET_CARDS file is empty.
> > >>
> > >> I also got an "Interface: [a/c] option that had no explanation and the
> > >> second time I ran setup -f network, it only gave me the "c" option. Also on
> > >> the second run of setup, it did not ask me for an eth entry at all.
> > >
> > >[a/c]?? What's?
> > >
> > >>
> > >> X will now not run for me on 7r4B.
> > >>
> > >
> > >X run with the previous release?
> > >Can you to explain better what happen?
> > >
> > >Michele
> > >--
> > >I'd like to conclude with a positive statement, but I can't
> > >remember any. Would two negative ones do? -- Woody Allen
> > >
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