Xserver problems: SAX

[jackg]

X server problems.
System: Dell 4110 base unit with Nvidia 256 AGP card, Hitachi CM802 screen. 1Gb P3, 256RAM, MS Internet pro keyboard and MS intellimouse 2 button and scroll wheel PS/2. WinXP Prof and Suse 8.0 dual boot

Chronology
1. Installed Suse 8.0 clean.
2. Downloaded Nvidia kernel and glx from Nvidia
Installed them ok.
3. changed lines in "driver and Module sections of /etc/X11/XF86Config, as per nvidia readme.
Instead of "nv" use "nvidia" in driver section and add "load "glx"" to module section.
4. Online update download from Suse which included Nvidia kernel and glx
Everything ok
5. Then swapped video card for mx 200 to see the difference in FPS
6. Changed back and Yast blue screen comes up to say that the card has to be configured on SAX (1 or 2?) not on Yast.
7. Started SAX2 which got as far as importing device config (something like that) small purple square and import setting box.
Clicked on ok
Goes back to CL, so cannot set up on SAX2
8. Tried SAX(1) configured ok
Started ok
9. Don’t recall what happened next but the mouse stopped moving.
10, Configured mouse on Yast and SAX(1), made no difference.
Mouse works fine on XP, another mouse also does not work on Suse.
11. Did a search and tried a few things:

ps ax | prep gpm
Output: “1248 tty1 R 0:00 grep gpm


Cat /etc/X11/XF86Config | grep /dev
Output: “lrwxrwxrwx lroot root 10/Dec 29 11:51 /dev/mouse -> /dev/psaux

There are the following files:
/etc/X11/XF86Config
etc/X11/XF86Config yast2save
etc/X11/XF86Config sax
and backups

Not sure how to copy etc/X11/XF86Config onto internet BB.
Can open file but do not know commands to either copy onto floppy or to run Kinternet from CL

help

[mdwatts]

I did a forum search for 'intellimouse xf86config' and found


Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection


Modify the InputDevice section in your /etc/X11/XF86Config.

[jackg]

Thanks for your help, below I have posted the similar part of my intellimouse config file, not identical, but the difference I noticed was the case of the protocol, yours is upper mine is lower.


Section "InputDevice"
Driver "mouse"
Identifier "Mouse[1]"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "InputFashion" "Mouse"
Option "Name" "IMPS/2"
Option "Protocol" "imps/2"
Option "Vendor" "PS/2-Mouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

As I tried another mouse which also dod not work, I thinkthe problem is elsewhere.

I have got SAX2 running now albeit without the 3D modules yet (I have not really tried)

[mdwatts]

Make sure the Identifier matches the ServerLayout section


Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Glidepoint" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "Cirque_IC" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection


This one....

InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"

[jackg]

Thanks again, however there are three /etc/X11XF86Config files:
1. /etc/X11XF86Config
2. /etc/X11XF86Config.saxsave
3. /etc/X11XF86Config.yast2save

1. is the base file from which the other 2 are drawn.
When I added the wording "CorePointer" to the identifer line of the mouse section on number 1. the Xserver would not start ( as it says at the start of the file "Do not modify this file"), I was not too sure how to edit and save the file from the CL, I managed to edit but not to save, so I re ran sax2, which gave an error message but allowed me to continue and resolved the problem.
File number 1. reverted to its original format without the wording "CorePointer" in the identifier line of the mouse section following sax2 usage, which makes me think that the wording is not req'd.

Below is posted /etc/X11XF86Config.saxsave if you care to take a look:

# /.../
# SaX generated XFree86 config file
# Created on: 2002-12-30.
#
# Version: 4.3
# Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax@suse.de>, 2001
#
# Automatically generated by [ISaX] (4.3)
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
#

Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/japanese:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/kwintv:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/uni:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/xtest"
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "type1"
Load "speedo"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "Keyboard"
Identifier "Keyboard[0]"
Option "Protocol" "Standard"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
EndSection


Section "InputDevice"
Driver "mouse"
Identifier "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
Option "AutoSoft" "on"
Option "ButtonNumber" "5"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "InputFashion" "Mouse"
Option "Name" "AutoDetected"
Option "Protocol" "imps/2"
Option "Vendor" "AutoDetected"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection


Section "Monitor"
Option "CalcAlgorithm" "CheckDesktopGeometry"
HorizSync 31-100
Identifier "Monitor[0]"
ModelName "LTD CM802"
VendorName "Hitachi"
VertRefresh 50-160
UseModes "Modes[0]"
EndSection


Section "Modes"
Identifier "Modes[0]"
Modeline "1600x1200" 199.68 1600 1744 2096 2176 1200 1200 1215 1253
Modeline "1600x1200" 208.00 1600 1744 2096 2176 1200 1200 1215 1253
Modeline "800x600" 37.44 800 816 928 1072 600 600 605 626
Modeline "800x600" 43.68 800 816 928 1072 600 600 606 626
Modeline "800x600" 49.92 800 816 928 1072 600 600 607 626
Modeline "800x600" 56.16 800 816 928 1072 600 600 608 626
Modeline "800x600" 62.40 800 816 928 1112 600 600 615 626
Modeline "800x600" 68.64 800 816 928 1112 600 600 615 626
Modeline "800x600" 74.88 800 816 928 1112 600 600 615 626
Modeline "800x600" 81.12 800 816 928 1112 600 600 615 626
Modeline "800x600" 87.36 800 816 928 1112 600 600 615 626
EndSection


Section "Screen"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1600x1200"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "800x600"
EndSubSection
Device "Device[0]"
Identifier "Screen[0]"
Monitor "Monitor[0]"
EndSection


Section "Device"
BoardName "GeForce 256"
BusID "1:0:0"
Driver "nv"
Identifier "Device[0]"
Screen 0
VendorName "NVidia"
EndSection


Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout[all]"
InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
Option "Clone" "off"
Option "Xinerama" "off"
Screen "Screen[0]"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Group "video"
Mode 0660
EndSection