Re: Xconfigurator bombing on me (mouse issues)

[Ritesh Raj Sarraf <rrs_rhlist softhome net>]

try using xf86config
when all fails it works :-)

rrs
On Wed, 2003-04-30 at 01:00, Andrew Wallace wrote:
> Hey folks -
> I'm (still) having issues running Xconfigurator. This is Redhat
> 7.1. I am trying to up my screen resolution to take advantage of
> my nice big monitor.
> 
> Anyway, I "su -", then run Xconfigurator. It probes for the video
> cardand finds it ok. I then get the error
> 
> "There was an error reading the file /etc/sysconfig/mouse.
>   Would you like to proceed in creating a new configuration?"
> 
> I say yes, and it exits immediately, with this on my console:
> 
>     [root c2 andyw]# Xconfigurator
>     Xconfigurator: Critical error reading /etc/sysconfig/mouse.
>     Xconfigurator: Check permissions of /etc/sysconfig/mouse.
>     Xconfigurator: Also - make sure you are running this program as root
> 
> Just for grins, I check the file in question:
> 
>     [root c2 andyw]# ls -l /etc/sysconfig/ | grep mouse
>     -rwxrwxrwx    1 root     root          104 Apr 29 12:15 mouse
> 
> What the heck is going on? I am using a Dell machine, with a
> Microsoft wheel mouse (which works just fine). The contents of
> /etc/sysconfig/mouse are:
> 
>      MOUSETYPE="ps/2"
>      XMOUSETYPE="IMPS/2"
>      FULLNAME="Microsoft IntelliMouse (USB)"
>      XEMU3=no
>      DEVICE=/dev/mouse
> 
> And my pointer section of XF86Config (sans commented out lines)
> looks like:
> 
>     # Pointer section
>     # ******************************************************************
>     Section "Pointer"
>         Protocol    "IMPS/2"
>         Device      "/dev/mouse"
>         Option "Buttons" "7"
> 
>         #  For wheel support - can not be used with Emulate3Buttons
>         Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>     EndSection
> 
> Any thoughts? Any way to run Xconfigurator, and tell it to skip the
> mouse? (My options when it asks if I want it to run mouseconfig are
> Ok and Cancel, which give the same result).
> 
> All help/suggestions welcomed!
> 
> Thanks,
> Andy Wallace
> andyw globilltech com
>