[RndTbl] mouse failure on bootup

[S/C Conway]

G'Day,
    Do to probing questions my problem has been solved or better yet a I have
greater understanding of the inner workings of Linux.
    In short having no mouse was one problem. Xconfigurator fixed the mouse problem.
I created the second problem by turning off XFS in services. It is my practice to
turn off services that (I believe) are not used. After an initial install I turned
off XFS a font server service. I have installed window managers on other Unix OS's
and I never installed a font server to make it work. Xconfigurator starts the XFS
service. Rebooting the computer shutdown the XFS daemon. Not being able to start a
windows manager I assumed it was the mouse problem. Running Xconfigurator to correct
what I thought was the original mouse problem was actually starting the XFS daemon.
    XFS starts and stops the X Font Server at boot time and shutdown. It also takes
care of (re-)generating font lists.In linux without XFS service running, startx will
not start a windows manager.

    When Xconfigurator is ran it fires the XFS daemon only if you complete a START X
test on the final step.
xfs        597     1  3 18:31 ?        00:00:03 xfs -droppriv -daemon
If you select skip for the START X test, the XFS service is not started.

 Sean
Thanks to all for your suggestions. Special thanks to Daryl for staying more focused
than the person who had the problem.


S/C Conway wrote:

> G'Day,
>     I did not install (consciously) a font server.
>
> Daryl F wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, S/C Conway wrote:
> >
> > > G'Day,
> > >     I turned gpm off in an attempt to eliminate possible variables.
> > >
> > >     Enclosed is the mouse configs from:
> > >
> > > XF86Config-4
> > >  Identifier  "Mouse0"
> > >         Driver      "mouse"
> > >         Option      "Device" "/dev/mouse"
> > >         Option      "Protocol" "Microsoft"
> > >         Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
> > >         Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> > >
> > > XF86Config
> > >     Protocol    "Microsoft"
> > >     Device      "/dev/mouse"
> > >
> > >     Attached is a tarball of the Xfree log files.
> > > XFree86.0.log is the log when the mouse is working
> > > XFree86.0.log.bak is the log when the mouse is not working
> > > XFree86.0.log.diff is the difference between the two.
> > >
> > > sean
> > >
> > > Daryl F wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Mon, 31 Dec 2001, S/C Conway wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > G'Day,
> > > > > Summary:
> > > > >     Mouse does not function in KDE or Gnome after reboot.
> > > > >
> > > > > Configuration:
> > > > > RedHat 7.2
> > > > > Kernel 2.4.9-13
> > > > > Xconfigurator-4.9.39-1
> > > > > mouseconfig-4.23-1
> > > > > microsoft serial mouse com1
> > > > >
> > > > > Description:
> > > > >     In order to enable the mouse in either KDE or Gnome mouseconfig and
> > > > > Xconfigurator where used after a workstation installation of RedHat 7.2.
> > > > > Everything functions normally. When the system is rebooted,
> > > > > Xconfigurator must be run in order to enable the mouse.
> > > > >     This same problem existed with RedHat 7.1 installation.
> > > > >     I am open to suggestions.
> > > > >
> > > > > Sean
> > > > >
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> > > > >
> > > > This brings up some questions. Does the mouse function in a virtual
> > > > terminal? If you come up under X-windows (runlevel 5) try Ctl-Alt-F2 and
> > > > see if the mouse is working, ie; gpm is up and running.
> > > >
> > > > Does the device in the Section "InputDevice" portion of
> > > > /etc/X11/XF86Config (-4) exist? This might give a hint whether
> > > > Xconfigurator is working correctly.
> > > >
> > > > Anybody else got any ideas?
> > > >
> > > > Might help if you post /var/log/XFree86.0.log so we can check it for
> > > > errors/omissions.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Daryl
> > > >
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> > >
> > Hmm, something's not right here. The log you said the mouse is not working
> > in shows a fatal server error because it can't find your font server. So I
> > guess the mouse wouldn't be working :)
> >
> > Question is why does the font server disappear? I am not sure what is
> > different in the way you're starting the Xserver between the two ways. It
> > sounds like one way the font server is not getting started.
> >
> > I don't use the font server. From what I've read it is only useful if
> > multiple Xwindows servers are going to connect to your box AND they happen
> > to be using the same fonts. I use the FontPath statements instead.
> >
> > Also, regarding the config: do you have wheel mouse? If not I think the
> > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> > is, IIRC, not needed.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Daryl
> >
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