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#1 (**permalink**) 02-20-2008, 07:18 AM

I tried to get the X program to see my mouse. So I went in and used X
- configure. It probed and wrote a new file which was set to
/root/xorg.conf.new. When I went to startx...still no mouse activity.
So I tested the file as it said to do above and I got 'Fatal Server
Error'. Anybody got any ideas? I cannot seem to get XF86config or
XF86Setup to run either.

#2 (**permalink**) 02-20-2008, 07:18 AM

utechmech wrote:

> I tried to get the X program to see my mouse. So I went in and used X
> - configure. It probed and wrote a new file which was set to
> /root/xorg.conf.new. When I went to startx...still no mouse activity.
> So I tested the file as it said to do above and I got 'Fatal Server
> Error'. Anybody got any ideas? I cannot seem to get XF86config or
> XF86Setup to run either.

What kind of mouse? What version of Slackware? What hardware?
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#3 (**permalink**) 02-20-2008, 07:18 AM

On Fri, 06 May 2005 07:59:55 -0700, utechmech wrote:

> I tried to get the X program to see my mouse. So I went in and used X
> - configure. It probed and wrote a new file which was set to
> /root/xorg.conf.new. When I went to startx...still no mouse activity.
> So I tested the file as it said to do above and I got 'Fatal Server
> Error'. Anybody got any ideas? I cannot seem to get XF86config or
> XF86Setup to run either.

try:
# xorgconfig

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#4 (**permalink**) 02-20-2008, 07:18 AM

utechmech wrote:

> I tried to get the X program to see my mouse. So I went in and used X
> - configure. It probed and wrote a new file which was set to
> /root/xorg.conf.new. When I went to startx...still no mouse activity.
> So I tested the file as it said to do above and I got 'Fatal Server
> Error'. Anybody got any ideas? I cannot seem to get XF86config or
> XF86Setup to run either.

Well, when I installed my Slack, I just started 'xorgconfig' (and not XF86config
or other), set everything and the config file was saved as /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
Try to do this way, maybe it helps. If not check the /var/log/Xorg.0.log for the
reason of the error.

Dudee

#5 (**permalink**) 02-20-2008, 07:18 AM

utechmech wrote:
> I tried to get the X program to see my mouse. So I went in and used X
> - configure. It probed and wrote a new file which was set to
> /root/xorg.conf.new. When I went to startx...still no mouse activity.
> So I tested the file as it said to do above and I got 'Fatal Server
> Error'. Anybody got any ideas? I cannot seem to get XF86config or
> XF86Setup to run either.
>

Did you rename "xorg.conf.new" to "xorg.conf" ?

Look around in that file, the lines about the mose are:
(from my file)

-------------------------
Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver

Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" <= also try "PS2" or "USB"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" <= this enables scrollwheel.

----------------------------

Take a look in yor file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/html/mouse.4.html

For automatic config, try:

xorgcfg
xorgconfig
xorgsetup

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