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NathanZachary
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 Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:11 pm Post subject: Xorg X11 [SOLVED] |
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Hi,
I finally got some of my bigger installation problems taken care, and went to install Xorg-X11 and then Gnome. However, when I installed Xorg, I ran into a couple problems. First, it said it couldn't find my mouse, and that's when I realized that I don't have a mouse cursor or anything when I use nano either. Second, it seems as though I'm having problems with my nvidia-legacy-drivers for my GeForce MX 4000 AGP card. All-and-all, when I ran the command:
X -config /boot/xorg.conf.new
to test things out, I ultimately get these error messages:
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(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to load GLX
(EE) AIGLX: DRI module not loaded
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/mouse
No such file or diretory.
(EE) Mouse0: Cannot open input device
(EE) PreInit failed for input device "Mouse0"
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Then there's a few lines of stuff starting with xkb
and lastly these lines:
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No core pointer.
Fatal server error:
failed to initialize core devices
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I'm trying to figure out what some of the problems might be. I wrote my own kernel, and I assumed I wouldn't need any extra types of support for my mouse, as it is just a standard PS/2 mouse (connected to a KVM, but I don't think that should matter). Afterwards, I edited my make.conf file to have:
INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse"
VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia"
as per the Xorg instructions. Then I did
emerge xorg-x11 and let it go about its business. I was going through the guide for Xorg when I ran into these problems. I'm assuming the mouse problem existed before the attempted installation of Xorg since I didn't have a pointer in nano or anywhere else.
Thanks again,
Zach
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Usually the mouse device is "/dev/input/mice" on modern distros. Also I'd recommend trying the "nv" driver first, before jumping in with the "nvidia" one. Once that works, then try "nvidia".
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NathanZachary
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MOUSE:
Is this problem only with Xorg or an overall driver problem? Shouldn't I have a cursor in nano? Also, should I just open up the xorg.conf file and change it to /dev/input/mouse?
GRAPHICS:
Should I unmerge the nvidia-legacy-drivers and change my make.conf file to
VIDEO_CARDS="nv"
and then just try to reconfigure X?
--Zach
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Dan
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make.conf should be
VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia nv vesa"
and in /etc/X11/xorg.conf you can change the driver between those 3.
You dont have to unmerge anything right now, just change it in xorg.conf..
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In the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf you'll want to change "/dev/mouse" to "/dev/input/mice" and the driver to "nv" from "nvidia". As for mouse usage from the command line, you'll want to emerge and configure gpm. X only controls the graphical environment. Again once that works, you can change "nv" back to "nvidia" and see if you can get that working. HTH.
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