[Gllug] Debian 2.2r3 Fun....

[Nathan Matthews]

I have no experience with the razor Razor Boomslang USB but I can talk from
my experience with the PS/2 M$ wheel mouse.
Gpm would screw it up which meant i couldnt switch to a text mode console
running gpm under X.  It was to do with modes, the X driver puts the mouse
into a certain 'mode' that makes it incompatible with standard PS/2
operation.  The problem might be something like that.


-----Original Message-----
From: Roberto D'Amico [mailto:rdamico at metascybe.co.uk]
Sent: 04 October 2001 15:47
To: gllug at linux.co.uk
Subject: [Gllug] Debian 2.2r3 Fun....


Hi all,


I installed Debian 2.2r3 yesterday, I love apt-get :), and I've come up with
a slight problem.
After installing it running startx would bomb out. I tracked the problem
down to not having configure ed my mouse correctly.

I edited the XF86Config file and set it to us a PS/2 mouse on /dev/psaux. I
then ran startx, it loaded up fine but my mouse was jumping about all over
the place. The mouse I'm using is a Razor Boomslang USB with a USB-2-PS/2
adapter.  This is not my main problem. I'm sure I can fix that, but when I
installed I'd forgotten that I'd selected to use xdm! So now whenever I
start the system up it boot straight in X/WindowMaker and I can't get out of
it.

Is there any control sequence to terminate a current x session?
Can I interrupt the boot sequence before it starts xdm?


Cheers
Roberto



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