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Spazntwich
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 Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2002 1:02 pm Post subject: More n00b problems. EDIT Fixed initial probs. One more found |
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My wonderful new problem is described at the bottom of the thread. 
As it turns out, the fstab problem wasn't related to my error as much as it was nano getting overzealous about forcing carriage returns. All is better now that I emerged vim and can add the opts on the same line as the rest of my parameters.
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mb
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| Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2002 1:06 pm Post subject: |
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warning: no final newline at the end of /etc/fstab
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simple add a linebreak to the last line...
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klieber
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| Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2002 1:08 pm Post subject: Re: More n00b problems. I feel stupid. |
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| Spazntwich wrote: | | Will I have to fix my xf86config before it will run |
Yes. A working XFree86 config file is required in order to get X to start...
| Spazntwich wrote: | | P.S. I keep getting errors on boot about bad line formatting in fstab. Are there common errors people make in formatting it? I could swear I did everytyhing correctly.? |
Did you remember to use the -w switch when editing with nano? Also, we can provide much better troubleshooting help if you post your /etc/fstab file for us to look at.
--kurt
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Spazntwich
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| Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2002 1:28 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry... that sounded a little stupid. I know you have to have a working XF86config, I just didn't know if a generic one came with X already. That's beside the point now, though! I ran XF86config, made myself a nice config file, edited it so it would use the nv driver, started X, and it won't start now because it can't detect my mouse. I'm wondering at this point if I correctly compiled USB support into my kernel.
I'll paste my fstab into here just as soon as I get my mouse working well enough to let me copy/paste efficiently.
Thanks again for being patient with me. Had someone asked a question as stupid sounding as my first one, I would have probably laughed at them. |
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Zu`
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new2lin
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| Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2002 2:55 pm Post subject: |
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No stupid questions exist....well unless its blatantly (sp?) obvious. Also remember at one point and time, everyone here was a "newbie"
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Spazntwich
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| Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2002 5:19 pm Post subject: |
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OK, fixed fstab, too bad I've run into a new problem.
I thought the fact that my mouse was USB was what was giving me problems, because I have the same problems when I use the mouse on my ps/2 port (usb to ps/2 adapter). Turns out it's something else.
See, I can start X successfully now, haven't figured out how to get KDE running on top of it yet, but that will just require some doc reading on my part. The real problem is how my mouse functions. Once I get into X, if I move the mouse, the cursor zips around way the hell all over the place. It's uncontrollable. I also notice that when I move over text, it acts like my middle button (well, the mouse wheel) is held down and highlights anything my cursor happens to move across.
I've tried using 3 different protocols: mouseman, logitech, and microsoft. Microsoft and mouseman produce the erratic behavior, and the logitech one makes the mouse totall unresponsive.
My mouse is a logitech USB optical wheel mouse. Is my problem asociated with the fact that my mouse is optical? |
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klieber
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| Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2002 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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Moving this to the desktop forum.
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Spazntwich
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Sorry for the trouble.  |
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Zu`
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| Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2002 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Spazntwich wrote: |
I've tried using 3 different protocols: mouseman, logitech, and microsoft. Microsoft and mouseman produce the erratic behavior, and the logitech one makes the mouse totall unresponsive.
My mouse is a logitech USB optical wheel mouse. Is my problem asociated with the fact that my mouse is optical? |
Still sounds like you're using the wrong protocol. But I couldn't tell you which one to use, I use ImPS/2 but I have an Intelli Mouse
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