Re: XF86 Configuration


Subject: Re: XF86 Configuration
From: Irena & Richard Jenkins (rjenkins@alphalink.com.au)
Date: Thu May 10 2001 - 19:23:19 MDT


>Irena & Richard Jenkins wrote:
>
>> I have installed YellowDog onto this 6160 ... which has 80 Meg of memory.
>> It starts and runs reliably ... and I am learning about PPC Linux! The
>> general details are that there is a 1.9 Gig partition on my HDD and the
>> screen is one of those standard 13 inch Apple displays.
>>
>> When I try to start X ... using the command 'startx' I keep getting an
>> error message ... and X refuses to start. During installation I selected
>> the Apple 1-button mouse, the Apple basic colour monitor ... and 8-bit
>> resolution ... or 256 colours. Something is not right! I can copy off my
>> 'XF86Config' file ... for experts to review.
>
>What error message do you get?
>
>Regards,
>Graham

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Graham

Thanks for your reply. I have a little linux experience ... but it's all
with pc rather than Mac. In reply to your question, I offer the following
information:

1. Console modes are working 100%. I have added extra programs to the HDD
w/o difficulty and now run Midnight Commander ... which is very useful (I
am by nature a visual person ... I guess).

2. Mouse works okay on console modes too.

3. When running Xconfigurator to set up X I am able to set the following...

(a) detects valkyrie okay
(b) choose Apple Basic Monitor okay
9c) choose 8-bit video mode (256 colours) ...

then I get an error message ...

"segmentation fault (core dumped)"

4. On running "startx" either as root or as user (richard) I get the
following message (a screen full of data.....!

XF86Config: /usr/X11R6/lib/XF86Config

(**) XKB: keycodes: "macintosh"
(**) XKB: types: "default"
(**) XKB: compat: "default"
(**) XKB: symbols: "macintosh/us"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) XKB: model: "pc101"
(**) XKB: Mouse type BusMouse, device: /dev/mouse, buttons=3
(**) XKB: Mouse: 3 button emulation (timeout 50 mS)

Config Error: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config:321
Modeline '640x480' 49.886 640 661 725 832 480 481 484 514 +hsync +us
                                                                           ^^^

Monitor Section keyword expected

X connection to 0,0 broken

.... end of quote

There, I hope I got that right!

The section about the mouse IS interesting because I know the mouse works
properly under GPM (in console mode) ... and it IS a standard Apple brand
1-button adb mouse!

One extra little bit of trivia (?) is that there is NO entry /dev/mouse
... not even a symbolic link '@mouse' ... There is an entry
/dev/adbmouse'.

I hope you can assist me unravelling this little mystery!

--
Irena & Richard Jenkins
rjenkins@alphalink.com.au
Canberra, Australia



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