Very Computer

ok... i installed LINUX and everything went ok.. i also installed
XFree86... I am using Slakware 3.0.  Whenever i try "startx", i get a
problem that says this:
<<Fatal Server Error
Cannot open mouse (no such device)
xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unexpected signal 13>>
How can i fix this? I have a PS2 mouse and i tried gpm -k but it said

Thanks in advance!!!!!

Additionally try to explicitly kill GPM. Type ps -aux | grep gpm, find
out the process number of gpm and kill it as superuser. Good luck.

Roeland

With Slackware 3.0, ps/2 mouse support is not compiled into the
default kernel. You'll prob'ly need to install the kernel source and
recofingure it for busmouse support.

-Bryan

Just my $.02

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Quote:>> XFree86... I am using Slakware 3.0.  Whenever i try "startx", i get a
>> problem that says this:
>> <<Fatal Server Error
>> Cannot open mouse (no such device)
>> xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unexpected signal 13>>
>> How can i fix this? I have a PS2 mouse and i tried gpm -k but it said

: ok... i installed LINUX and everything went ok.. i also installed
: XFree86... I am using Slakware 3.0.  Whenever i try "startx", i get a
: problem that says this:
: <<Fatal Server Error
: Cannot open mouse (no such device)
: xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unexpected signal 13>>
: How can i fix this? I have a PS2 mouse and i tried gpm -k but it said

: Thanks in advance!!!!!

You have to kill gpm before you can use XFree86 with your PS/2 mouse
but it appears that you already know that. Since it also appears that
you can use your mouse with gpm, this means that you already have PS/2
mouse support in the kernel you're now using. What is not apparant is
whether XFree86 is configured to use the PS/2 mouse. You have to edit
your XF86Config file to put this in if it's not so now.

You can't use gpm and XFree86 at the same time. If you don't want to go
through the hassle of killing gpm each time you want to use X then you
should go into one of the rc.* files where gpm is launched at bootup and
eiher comment it out or remove it. At this moment I forget where rc.d
is. I believe that it's /etc/rc.d. Try "grep gpm /etc/rc.d/rc.*" to see
where gpm may be. I think that it may be in /etc/rc.d/rc.local but am
unsure.

Good Luck,
Edward

: > You have to kill gpm before you can use XFree86 with your PS/2 mouse
: > but it appears that you already know that. Since it also appears that
: ...
: > You can't use gpm and XFree86 at the same time. If you don't want to go
: ...

: this is not true, at least xfree 3.1.2 and linux 2.0.  
: I think the mouse started being shared properly
: around 1.3.20, but I could be wrong.

You could be right about the 2.0 kernel. I installed an old Red Hat
distribution with 1.2.13 on a friend's Packard Dell and encountered
this glitch.

Me? I'm using a Wacom ArtPad II tablet with XFree86 3.12E and Linux
2.0.0 and am loving it. As soon as I can find an X paint app that
will allow me to use the pressure sensitivity on this, I will ditch
Microsoft Windows.

Edward

Quote:> You have to kill gpm before you can use XFree86 with your PS/2 mouse
> but it appears that you already know that. Since it also appears that
...
> You can't use gpm and XFree86 at the same time. If you don't want to go

this is not true, at least xfree 3.1.2 and linux 2.0.  
I think the mouse started being shared properly
around 1.3.20, but I could be wrong.

regards, mark hahn.
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