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Re: Red Hat 4.0, XF86 3.2, gpm not running, cannot open mouse
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jason salopek)
Tue Nov 12 22:15:37 1996
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 22:09:07 -0500 (EST)
From: jason salopek <salopekj@ccbc.pgh.net>
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Well first of all, unless I misunderstand, I have a bad cold so I am spacey
First thing wrong is you must install all of xfree 3.2 not just the server
if you don't you will have problems
If my cold medicine has pushed me off the edge, just ignore this message
Jason Salopek
"Fishhead" on irc
On Tue, 12 Nov 1996, Jim Partan wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I just upgraded from Red Hat 3.0.4 to 4.0, and decided to upgrade from
> the XFree86 3.1.2G SVGA server to the 3.2 SVGA server as well (I have a
> IBM Thinkpad 760C with a Trident 9320LCD that doesn't work with any of the
> non-beta 3.1 XFree86 releases).
>
> Anyway, soon after installing Red Hat 4.0, gpm appeared to be working.
> About half an hour later, I downloaded the XF86 3.2 SVGA server binary
> and tried starting it up, and it died with the error messages below
> (basically, "cannot open mouse: device busy"). I remembered that gpm was
> running, and tried killing it, but X still wouldn't start. Now I can't start
> either gpm or X -- both complain that the mouse is busy. I've hunted around
> for any lock files that I could think of, but that didn't seem to help.
>
> Should a PS/2 mouse have a baudrate (of 1200) in the XF86Config? Mine does,
> and I don't remember seeing that for a PS/2 mouse (though it may well have
> been there).
>
> Thanks very much if anyone has suggestions!
>
> Jim
> jimp@waves1.whoi.edu
>
>
>
> Here's the pointer part of my XF86Config:
>
> Section "Pointer"
> Protocol "PS/2"
> Device "/dev/mouse" # a link to /dev/psaux
> Emulate3Buttons
> EndSection
>
>
> Here are the errors:
>
> XFree86 Version 3.2 / X Window System
> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6100)
> Release Date: Oct 26 1996
> If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer
> than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting
> problems. (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
> Operating System: Linux [ELF]
> Configured drivers:
> SVGA: server for SVGA graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0):
> NV1, STG2000, et4000, et4000w32, et4000w32i, et4000w32p, et4000w32p,
> et6000, et3000, pvga1, wd90c00, wd90c10, wd90c30, wd90c24, wd90c31,
> wd90c33, gvga, ati, sis86c201, sis86c202, sis86c205, tvga8200lx,
> tvga8800cs, tvga8900b, tvga8900c, tvga8900cl, tvga8900d, tvga9000,
> tvga9000i, tvga9100b, tvga9200cxr, tgui9320lcd, tgui9400cxi, tgui9420,
> tgui9420dgi, tgui9430dgi, tgui9440agi, tgui9660xgi, tgui9680,
> cyber938x, clgd5420, clgd5422, clgd5424, clgd5426, clgd5428, clgd5429,
> clgd5430, clgd5434, clgd5436, clgd5446, clgd5462, clgd5464, clgd6205,
> clgd6215, clgd6225, clgd6235, clgd7541, clgd7542, clgd7543, clgd7548,
> ncr77c22, ncr77c22e, mga2064w, oti067, oti077, oti087, oti037c,
> al2101, ali2228, ali2301, ali2302, ali2308, ali2401, cl6410, cl6412,
> cl6420, cl6440, video7, ct65520, ct65530, ct65540, ct65545, ct65546,
> ct65548, ct65550, ct65554, ark1000vl, ark1000pv, ark2000pv, ark2000mt,
> mx, realtek, AP6422, generic
> (using VT number 7)
>
> XF86Config: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config
> (**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
> (**) Mouse: type: PS/2, device: /dev/mouse, baudrate: 1200,
> 3 button emulation (timeout: 50ms)
> (**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: "Trident TGUI 9320LCD"
> (**) SVGA: Monitor ID: "Thinkpad 760C LCD"
> (**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
> (--) SVGA: Using Trident programmable clocks
> (**) SVGA: chipset: tgui9320lcd
> (**) SVGA: videoram: 1024k
> (--) SVGA: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 75.000 MHz
> (**) SVGA: Mode "800x600": mode clock = 50.000
> (**) SVGA: Virtual resolution set to 800x600
> (--) SVGA: SpeedUp code selection modified because virtualX != 1024
> (--) SVGA: No DRAM speed specified. Low Clocks Available!
> PEX extension module not loaded
> XIE extension module not loaded
> sh: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp: No such file or directory
> Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap
>
> Fatal server error:
> Cannot open mouse (Device or resource busy)
>
> TRANS(SocketUNIXConnect) () can't connect: errno = 111
> giving up.
> xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server
> xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
>
>
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