From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Thu, 12 Aug 2004 20:11:43 +0100 (BST) Received: from mail.gmx.net ([IPv6:::ffff:213.165.64.20]:39616 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by linux-mips.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 12 Aug 2004 20:11:39 +0100 Received: (qmail 21046 invoked by uid 0); 12 Aug 2004 19:11:33 -0000 Received: from 213.23.33.61 by www3.gmx.net with HTTP; Thu, 12 Aug 2004 21:11:33 +0200 (MEST) Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 21:11:33 +0200 (MEST) From: "Svetoslav Slavtchev" To: Ralf Ackermann Cc: linuxconsole-dev@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-mips@linux-mips.org, rac@KOM.tu-darmstadt.de MIME-Version: 1.0 References: Subject: Re: Q: problems with missing /dev/tty0 on X startup in MIPS system X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-Authenticated: #20183004 Message-ID: <15387.1092337893@www3.gmx.net> X-Mailer: WWW-Mail 1.6 (Global Message Exchange) X-Flags: 0001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 5635 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: svetljo@gmx.de Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips > Hello, > > I'm trying to get VGA output on a MIPSel system (MeshCube > http://www.meshcube.org) to work. > The system uses a miniPCI ATI Rage VGA card (=> problem does not get > initialized due to lack of system BIOS => hopefully initialized by int10 > XFree86 x86 emulator code). > > I've attached an USB mouse and keyboard but fail to start X due to > > Fatal server error: > xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (No such file or directory) > > My questions to those working with MIPS boards / on the Ruby/Linux console > project are: > - 1. How to test the USB input functionality? > (I could test the mouse by doing: cat < /dev/input/mice > => any hints on doing something similar for the keyboard?) not a guru here, but i hope this will help you ----------------------- modprobe evdev cat /proc/bus/input/devices : Bus=0011 Vendor=0001 Product=0001 Version=ab41 N: Name="AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" P: Phys=isa0060/serio0/input0 H: Handlers=kbd event0 B: EV=120003 B: KEY=4 2000000 2b803878 f840d001 f2ffffdf ffefffff ffffffff fffffffe B: LED=7 cat /dev/input/event0 ------ should give you some characters on typing to the corresponding keyboard > - 2. Any hints on the missing /dev/tty0 stuff? (this is maybe > related to the console / keyboard stuff?) > > Any hints are welcome, best regards > Ralf best, svetljo -- NEU: WLAN-Router für 0,- EUR* - auch für DSL-Wechsler! GMX DSL = supergünstig & kabellos http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 21:11:33 +0200 (MEST) From: "Svetoslav Slavtchev" MIME-Version: 1.0 References: Subject: Re: Q: problems with missing /dev/tty0 on X startup in MIPS system Message-ID: <15387.1092337893@www3.gmx.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-Path: Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org To: Ralf Ackermann Cc: linuxconsole-dev@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-mips@linux-mips.org Message-ID: <20040812191133.DphBnHPtCTBn9XvK-buHJw1IY7hSw3OWZ_G05_NLAIo@z> > Hello, > > I'm trying to get VGA output on a MIPSel system (MeshCube > http://www.meshcube.org) to work. > The system uses a miniPCI ATI Rage VGA card (=> problem does not get > initialized due to lack of system BIOS => hopefully initialized by int10 > XFree86 x86 emulator code). > > I've attached an USB mouse and keyboard but fail to start X due to > > Fatal server error: > xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (No such file or directory) > > My questions to those working with MIPS boards / on the Ruby/Linux console > project are: > - 1. How to test the USB input functionality? > (I could test the mouse by doing: cat < /dev/input/mice > => any hints on doing something similar for the keyboard?) not a guru here, but i hope this will help you ----------------------- modprobe evdev cat /proc/bus/input/devices : Bus=0011 Vendor=0001 Product=0001 Version=ab41 N: Name="AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" P: Phys=isa0060/serio0/input0 H: Handlers=kbd event0 B: EV=120003 B: KEY=4 2000000 2b803878 f840d001 f2ffffdf ffefffff ffffffff fffffffe B: LED=7 cat /dev/input/event0 ------ should give you some characters on typing to the corresponding keyboard > - 2. Any hints on the missing /dev/tty0 stuff? (this is maybe > related to the console / keyboard stuff?) > > Any hints are welcome, best regards > Ralf best, svetljo -- NEU: WLAN-Router für 0,- EUR* - auch für DSL-Wechsler! GMX DSL = supergünstig & kabellos http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl