[ILUG] Mouse Problems & Graphics Problems

[Breathnach, Proinnsias(Dublin)]

Hi - Welcome ...

Your mouse problem:
	Try linking /dev/mouse to /dev/ttyS0 (COM1 in DOS)
The commands are as follow:
	ALT-CTRL-F1 (to go to a console)
	login as root
	ls -l /dev/mouse
you should see lrwxrwxrwx or similar in the leftmost column
the 'l' is the important bit here, if that says anything else, DON'T do the
next bits ...
If there's something like " -> /dev/psaux " we have the problem isolated ...
if it says ttyS0 instead of psaux this won't work ...
	rm /dev/mouse
	ln -s /dev/ttyS0 /dev/mouse
now you want to 
	telinit 1 
	(go to single user mode)
followed by
	telinit 5
	(full multi-user mode)
The mouse should work ...

(The Mode Numbers MAY be wrong, if you want you can 'shutdown -r now'
instead)

For your XServer problem ....
	What exactly did you download from Creative, if it was an XServer
you'll need to replace the link to XF86_* with one to the new server and all
should be well (you'll probably have to edit the XF86Config file to suit
your needs.

Hope this helps,

Proinnsias


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Derek Lande [SMTP:dlande at eircom.net]
> Sent:	Tuesday, November 16, 1999 18:46
> To:	ilug at linux.ie
> Subject:	[ILUG] Mouse Problems & Graphics Problems
> 
> Ok, well this is my first post to the list so hello everybody!  Anyway I
> am
> trying to get Caldera Open Linux 2.2 running on a machine of mine.  It
> installed fine and everything is grand except I cant get my mouse to work,
> which basically means that the KDE environment is useless.  I've tried a
> number of different standard serial mice plugged into com1.  No matter
> what
> it just wont budge.  The mouse works fine in windows btw...  Anyway I have
> a
> modem in com4 but that shouldnt be clashing I think, the other cards I
> have
> include a voodoo, scsi, ethernet, sound and graphics.  Any ideas as to
> what
> could be up?  Any help would be appreciated.  I'm very adept in the
> windows/dos environment but this is pretty much my first time going near
> Linux (didn't use Unix either).
> 
> I have RH6.0 If that might help.
> 
> Oh I tried it on my other machine and my problem is that neither RH6.0 of
> COL2.2 support my graphics card (well will only run in about 320*240 in
> 8bpp
> colour.  My card is a Creative 3D Blaster Banshee 16mb SGRAM AGP.  Any
> ideas?
> I got linux drivers for it from creative but I dont have any idea how to
> install them (-:  Especially since kde is pretty much useless in 320*240.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> Any ideas for either machine would be much appreciated.
> Derek Lande
> 
> 
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