[UCLA-LUG] FW: Help

[mike chan]

ah... that's the problem.. xf86setup and Xconfigurator are incompatible... generally, you want to try Xconfigurator, and if that doens't work, then you want to use xf86setup..

here's what you need to do..

go to /usr/X11R6/bin

and delete the "X" in that directory...

then do a 

ln -s /etc/X11/X /usr/X11R6/bin/X

there are two different "X"'s on your machine.. Xconfigurator uses the /etc/X11 X version, while xf86setup uses the /usr/X11R6/bin/X

so you need to just pick the one you want to use...

mike

At 03:42 PM 2/8/00 -0800, you wrote:
>I did run the Xconfigurator as root. It saw my video card, monitor, and
>mouse (everything looks fine) until it tried to start the Xserver, then it
>said that there is something wrong with the configuration!!!
>
>I had the same problem with Xcongiurator when I did the configuration for my
>computer. But when I used the xf86config, it worked fine and the Xwindow
>started.
>
>-- Michelle --
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:	mike chan [SMTP:snotty@ucla.edu]
>> Sent:	Tuesday, February 08, 2000 3:41 PM
>> To:	linux@linux.ucla.edu
>> Subject:	Re: [UCLA-LUG] FW: Help
>> 
>> you want to try to run..
>> 
>> Xconfigurator
>> 
>> as the root user if you installed Redhat or Mandrake... it should be able
>> to detect your video card and your monitor if its plug and play...
>> 
>> it should ago set your mouse hopefully, but i'm not sure...
>> 
>> mike
>> 
>> At 03:29 PM 2/8/00 -0800, you wrote:
>> >If you already get this email, please disregard this one. Hope that I
>> will
>> >hear any suggestions from our group soon.
>> >
>> >-- Michelle --
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From:	Kwan, Michelle 
>> >> Sent:	Tuesday, February 08, 2000 3:02 PM
>> >> To:	'linux@linux.ucla.edu'
>> >> Subject:	Help
>> >> 
>> >> Hi,
>> >> 
>> >> I have a Diamond Viper V770 video card,  a Sony 210GS monitor, and an
>> >> IntelliMouse. I try to do the configuration for the Xwindow using
>> >> xf86config. After I type in startx, the window appears too big (look
>> like
>> >> 300x400 or so), and the mouse jumps all over the screen (I have NT on
>> this
>> >> machine, too and the mouse works fine with NT). Therefore, I shutdown
>> the
>> >> XServer. I saw the following error message:
>> >> 
>> >> 	/dev/mouse unable to get status of mouse fd (Inappropriate ioctl
>> >> device)
>> >> 
>> >> 	PID could not get read
>> >> 
>> >> My questions are:
>> >> 
>> >> 	1/ What does the error about the mouse mean? How can I fix the
>> >> problem?
>> >> 
>> >> 	2/ How can I make the screen appear like 800x600 in windows NT? (I
>> >> did specify in the XF86Config file.  Since the screen looks so big,
>> does
>> >> that mean that I didn't have the right driver for the video card? If
>> so,
>> >> where can I download the driver for it?)
>> >> 
>> >> Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated.
>> >> 
>> >> -- Michelle Kwan --
>> >
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