[ubuntu-za] Alternate Install Xbuntu 6.10 - Update

Jan Kroeze thejcwk at gmail.com
Mon Apr 2 23:13:00 BST 2007


What mouse are you using?

Could you post the contents of the Section "InputDevice" block that
corresponds to your mouse in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file?

On 02/04/07, Richard Davin <rdavin at cybersmart.co.za> wrote:
>
>  Attempted to create a new Xorg.config file. Ran xorgconfig which did
> some an auto configuration then said my mouse failed.
> When running Config file this is what's displayed on the monitor:
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Module Loader present
> Markers:
> (--) probed,
> (**) from config file,
> (= =) default setting
> (++) from command line,
> (!!) notice,
> (II) informational,
> (WW) warning,
> (EE) error,
> (NI) not implemented,
> (??) unknown
>
>
> (= =) Log File "/varlog/Xorg.0.log"
> (++) Using Config File: "root/xorg.conf.new"
> error opening security policy file /usr/lib/xserver/SecurityPolicy
>
> (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Can not open device /dev/mouse
>    No such file or directory.
> (EE) Mouse 0 cannot open input device
> (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Mouse0"
>
> xkb_keycodes   { include "xfree86+aliases(qwerty)" };
> xkb_types  { include "complete" };
> xkb_compatability  { include "complete" };
> xkb_symbols  { include "pc(pc105)+us" };
> xkb_geometry  { include "pc(pc105: };
> No core pointer
>
> Fatal Server error:
> failed to initialize core devices
>
> -
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Anyway after all of that I just reinstalled everything this time using the
> OEM in hopes things would work this time.
> Installation eventually completed but now I 'm back to square one with the
> same exact problem. I don't want to give up but I just spent the last two
> days trying to get this to work.
>
> Does anyone have a suggestion,  I hate giving up on things ??????
> below (prior email ) are setting that worked in another distro. If I could
> only set this up with the same settings it would be awesome :)
>
>
> Thank a lot for your help!!!
> Rich
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* Richard Davin [mailto:rdavin at cybersmart.co.za]
> *Sent:* Monday, April 02, 2007 1:03 PM
> *To:* ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com
> *Subject:* Alternate Install Xbuntu 6.10
>
>
> Yesterday I installed Xbuntu 6.10 using the alternate CD ISO.
>
> I am running it on a PII-300 mhz
> 192 mb RAM
> Intel AL440LX motherboard.
> MGI G4+M4A 16G (16mb?? AGP video card)
>
>
> System hung twice during installation but eventually completed. When
> prompted by the installation I removed CD from tray and pressed ENTER to
> restart so system could configure (finalize) everything.
>
> Here's the problem:
>
> System Boots.
> I get error message: "[17179569.184000] ACPI: Unable to locate RDSP" and
> system continues with boot process.
>
> When it comes time for the Xbuntu logo and gui to display the monitor goes
> dead and LED on monitor goes from green to flashing amber (no video).
>
> When I press: "Control + Alt + Backspace" the LED on the monitor turns
> green for a sec and it attempts to do some thing but then just goes back
> into a dead state.
>
>
> To try to solve the problem I exited to a command prompt to try to
> manually set my video mode. This is what I did:
>
> Pressed "Control + ALT + F1 to get to a command prompt. On exit to a
> command prompt this is what is get:
>
> Starting up ...
> [17179569.184000] ACPI: Unable to Locate RSDP
>
> usplash: Setting mode 1024x768 failed
> usplash: Using mode 800x600
>
> Ubuntu 6.10 ubuntu tty1
>
> Ubuntu login: _
>
>
> Ok So it seems the 1024x768 isn't working with this and the 800x600 is
> fine (for a command prompt) So I log in and try to make some changes.
> This is what I tried to do next but it didn't work
>
> From the command prompt I typed: sudu dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
> It didn't like this command.
>
> Anyway now I am stuck. This is an older machine and I did have a Puppy
> distro working on it with 1024x768 and 800x600 with a different monitor.
> After switching around monitors I see that it's still failing.
>
> I then booted off a live CD for puppy Linux distro. The puppy distro
> allowed me to select 800x600 24 for this monitor it worked fine.
> Here are some notes of what worked in Puppy Linux using Xorg
>
> 800x600 24
> Horizontal frequency 53.7214 Khz
> Refresh Frequency   85.1369 Hz
>
> I then rebooted off the Xbuntu Alternate install Cd and got a pretty
> screen with options to fix a system.  At this point I am lost and getting
> depressed.  Can someone please tell me what I have to do to make this
> work?    There has to be a command I can use to get a selection of video
> modes/resolutions, test them out and save them.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated
>
> Rich
>
>
>
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