From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from webmail.tiscalinet.be (webmail2.tiscali.be [212.35.2.201]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F54F482A for ; Tue, 16 Oct 2001 03:34:01 -0600 (MDT) To: Helge Deller Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Xfree86 failled with -pa57 Message-ID: <1003224838.3bcbff06c8a4f@webmail.tiscalinet.be> Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 11:33:58 +0200 (CEST) From: joel.soete@freebel.net Cc: joel.soete@freebel.net, parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org References: <1003154375.3bcaebc713db3@webmail.tiscalinet.be> <20011015180923.A14160@elvis.franken.de> <1003166094.3bcb198edae10@webmail.tiscalinet.be> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 List-ID: Hello Helge, Quoting Helge Deller : > On Monday 15 October 2001 19:14, joel.soete@freebel.net wrote: > > Sorry for NEWBIES (as I am in term of X configuration) what means > bpp? > > bpp = bits per pixel. > You should enter "8" here, which defaults to 2^8 = 256 colors. Thanks a lot. > > > Well I found what I have to change in my config file to make xdm > works. > > Just a problem: > > After the xdm start everything seems to works fine (right colors, > mouse > > working,...). Then I login: ok the pointer still work, I can work in > the > > default xterm,... > > But when I exit mouse does not move any more and I had to restart > xdm. > > > > (Um.., on my B180 I thing have to update Xfree 4.0 to 4.1 the mouse > does > > not work at all but gpm well) > > I assume you have a PS/2 mouse. You have right, > If so, disable gpm before starting xdm ("/etc/init.d/gpm stop"). > But sorry this as no effect: on 712 pointer still fix in midle of the screen after an exit, on b180 pointer still fixed all the time (even after an update to xfree 4.1.0-7) (just after re-install of gpm: gpm.com contains as default repeat_type=ms3 then I have a pointer moving only at the bottum of the screen (same behaviour as the 712 before I comment repeat_type)?) Is it possible to config XFree so that it takes mouse input from gpm? Thanks for help and ideas, joel ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through Tiscalinet Webmail (http://webmail.tiscali.be)