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Article #15Re: Xfree86/mouse/IRQ/config problem
From: John M. Collinson
Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 19:50
Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 19:50
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In article <2r10br$gfm@panix.com>, Douglas Donahue <odoncaoa@panix.com> wrote:
>Greetings,
>
>
>Here are the entries in /dev:
>
>lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Mar 23 08:05 mouse -> bmousems
>crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 10, 2 Nov 30 14:30 bmousems
>
>Here is the output of startx:
>
>> XFree86 Version 2.0 / X Window System
>> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 5000)
>> Operating System: Linux
>> Configured drivers:
>> VGA256: server for 8-bit colour SVGA (Patchlevel 0):
>> et4000, et3000, pvga1, wd90c00, wd90c10, wd90c30, wd90c31, gvga, ati,
>> tvga8800cs, tvga8900b, tvga8900c, tvga8900cl, tvga9000, clgd5420,
>> clgd5422, clgd5424, clgd5426, clgd5428, clgd6205, clgd6215, clgd6225,
>> clgd6235, ncr77c22, ncr77c22e, cpq_avga, oti067, oti077
>> (using VT number 7)
>>
>> Xconfig: /usr2/odoncaoa/Xconfig
>> (**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
>> (**) Mouse: type: Microsoft, device: /dev/mouse, baudrate: 9600
^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I think your problem lies here, but If I am wrong
please feel free to correct me. Your Xconfig file
should contain the line:
Busmouse /dev/mouse
and comment out your baud setting. The microsoft
setting the way i understand it is for serial
mice.
>> (**) FontPath set to "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,
>> /usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
>> (**) VGA256: chipset: tvga8900c
>> (**) VGA256: videoram: 1024k
>> (**) VGA256: clocks: 25.20 28.30 44.90 36.00 50.35 40.35 65.00 75.00
>> (--) VGA256: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 90MHz
>> (**) VGA256: Mode "800x600": mode clock = 36.000, clock used = 36.000
>> (**) VGA256: Mode "640x480": mode clock = 25.000, clock used = 25.200
>> (**) VGA256: Virtual resolution set to 800x600
>> (--) VGA256: SpeedUp code selection modified because virtualX != 1024
>> Warning: unable to get status of mouse fd (Invalid argument)
>>
>> waiting for X server to shut down
>>
>> xinit: Unknown error (errno 0): Client error.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Doug
John Collinson
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