At 11:30 22/11/98 -0600, you wrote:
problem occasionally. That is, I startx and it blacks out the screen, then returns to the console and says "Cannot open mouse: device or resource busy" ... here's the kicker: the cure for it is to run SaX, use the existing XF86Config, and then immediately do File->Exit. X loads fine after that. I had this problem when my mouse was not set up properly. Buy a ps\2 mouse or stop using gpm at boot time. # killall gpm --> should fix the problem.
I had the same problem, but I fixed it without buying a new mouse :-) All I did was edit /etc/XF86Config and changed the Device in the Pointer section to be /dev/mouse (it used to be /dev/cua0). ----- cut /etc/XF86Config ----- Section "Pointer" Protocol "Microsoft" Device "/dev/mouse" ----- cut /etc/XF86Config ----- As far as I can tell, it was because /dev/mouse (which is was what gpm used) is a symlink to /dev/ttyS0, so it's a different device from /dev/cua0.. I hope it helps. Best regards, -- Sotiris Tsimbonis <tsimbonis@rosehill-1.irc.gr> - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e