[Linux-users] Fedra 7 - uggh!

[Collins Richey]

On 8/28/07, Lonni J Friedman <netllama at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/25/07, Collins Richey <crichey at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> >
> > Problems.
> >
> > 1. I can't find any way to get my usb mouse to work. The Fedora
> > installer doesn't even bother to setup a mouse definition in
> > xorg.conf. I've tried the same combinations that work on other distros
> > (Ubuntu, Slackware, PClinuxOS, Debian), but nothing works. Googling
> > didn't turn up much other than laptop suspend/resume related problems.
> > Anyone have a clue?
>
> Recent/modern versions of Xorg no longer require an InputDevice
> section in xorg.conf.  If your USB mouse isn't working, perhaps its a
> hardware problem?  Does the mouse work in console mode via gpm ?

I haven't tried GPM yet. The mouse works without error on every other
distro I have.

>
> >
> > Here's the mouse definition I'm running with on Ubuntu
> >

>
> That doesn't look right at all, that isn't a valid protocol.  I"m
> surprised that works in Ubuntu. Here's what works on my Fedora 7
> boxen:
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier  "Mouse0"
>         Driver      "mouse"
>         Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
>         Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
>         Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>         Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
> EndSection
>

I'll give this a shot as soon as I have time.

> >
> > 2. What's a bullet-proof way to get my nVidia card working and keep it
> > working?. Some recommend using packages from  the livna repository,
> > but I can't find matching sets for all the pieces matching the Fedora
> > 7 kernel.
> >
> > FWIW, my system has an nVidia MCP51 board with AMD CPU and C51G
> > [GeForce 6100] (rev a2) video card, 1G memory.
>
> I just install the official package, and everything just works.  Livna
> produces some of the most craptastic RPMs I've ever seen.
>

I'll give that a shot. I remember from CentOS days that Livna was
definitely not the flavor of the moment.

Thanks for the hints.

-- 
Collins Richey
     If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
     of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.