longgone Posted November 30, 2005 Author Share Posted November 30, 2005 Annnnnndddddd...... the report is as follows .....inittab .... is good X is alive and well ..... xorg is not good ... trackball is still dead as a rock .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 Annnnnndddddd...... the report is as follows .....inittab .... is good X is alive and well ..... xorg is not good ... trackball is still dead as a rock ....Well, . . . that is not bad at all . . . . . . . . . . you have the major part done !We will have to see about that trackball . . . . in the mean time do you have a "normal" mouse ? Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted November 30, 2005 Author Share Posted November 30, 2005 Bruno,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Certainly I do ... my standby in case of an emergency plain jan3 no frills mouse is in use for the time being in Slack............... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted November 30, 2005 Author Share Posted November 30, 2005 FWIW .... that tweak for the 'TRACKBALL" makes two changes to what is already in X11/xorg ... the line input for the mouse has the info you gave as the second line the first is /dev/psmouse (I think) and the Buttons5 is a complete new add in line ...dale@localhost:~$ suPassword:root@localhost:/home/dale# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf# File generated by xf86config.## Copyright © 1999 by The XFree86 Project, Inc.## Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a# copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),# to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation# the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,# and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the# Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:## The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.## THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. 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Thanks to Kenneth Fanyo who pointed# this out to me. # This XF86Config file is designed for use with the VESA framebuffer.# This generic interface should work with nearly all video cards# (although not every card will support every resolution).# With the new driver, it should no longer be required to have frame buffer# support in the kernel, or to run it on the console.## Enjoy! # -- volkerdi@slackware.com## **********************************************************************# Module section -- this section is used to specify# which dynamically loadable modules to load.# **********************************************************************#Section "Module"# This loads the DBE extension module. Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module. SubSection "extmod" Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension EndSubSection# This loads the font modules Load "type1" Load "freetype" #Load "speedo"# This loads the GLX module Load "glx"EndSection# **********************************************************************# Files section. This allows default font and rgb paths to be set# **********************************************************************Section "Files"# The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally# no need to change the default. RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together),# as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath# command (or a combination of both methods)## If you don't have a floating point coprocessor and emacs, Mosaic or other# programs take long to start up, try moving the Type1 and Speedo directory# to the end of this list (or comment them out).# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/"# ModulePath can be used to set a search path for the X server modules.# The default path is shown here.# ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"EndSection# **********************************************************************# Server flags section.# **********************************************************************Section "ServerFlags"# Uncomment this to cause a core dump at the spot where a signal is# received. This may leave the console in an unusable state, but may# provide a better stack trace in the core dump to aid in debugging# Option "NoTrapSignals"# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><Fn> VT switch sequence# (where n is 1 through 12). This allows clients to receive these key# events.# Option "DontVTSwitch"# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><BS> server abort sequence# This allows clients to receive this key event.# Option "DontZap"# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> mode switching# sequences. This allows clients to receive these key events.# Option "DontZoom"# Uncomment this to disable tuning with the xvidtune client. With# it the client can still run and fetch card and monitor attributes,# but it will not be allowed to change them. If it tries it will# receive a protocol error.# Option "DisableVidModeExtension"# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local xvidtune client.# Option "AllowNonLocalXvidtune"# Uncomment this to disable dynamically modifying the input device# (mouse and keyboard) settings.# Option "DisableModInDev"# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local client to# change the keyboard or mouse settings (currently only xset).# Option "AllowNonLocalModInDev"# Set the basic blanking screen saver timeout.# Option "blank time" "10" # 10 minutes# Set the DPMS timeouts. These are set here because they are global# rather than screen-specific. These settings alone don't enable DPMS.# It is enabled per-screen (or per-monitor), and even then only when# the driver supports it.# Option "standby time" "20"# Option "suspend time" "30"# Option "off time" "60"# On some platform the server needs to estimate the sizes of PCI# memory and pio ranges. This is done by assuming that PCI ranges# don't overlap. Some broken BIOSes tend to set ranges of inactive# devices wrong. Here one can adjust how aggressive the assumptions# should be. Default is 0.# Option "EstimateSizesAggresively" "0"EndSection# **********************************************************************# Input devices# **********************************************************************# **********************************************************************# Core keyboard's InputDevice section# **********************************************************************Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard1" Driver "kbd"# For most OSs the protocol can be omitted (it defaults to "Standard").# When using XQUEUE (only for SVR3 and SVR4, but not Solaris),# uncomment the following line.# Option "Protocol" "Xqueue"# Set the keyboard auto repeat parameters. Not all platforms implement# this.# Option "AutoRepeat" "500 5"# Specifiy which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1)).# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.# Option "XkbDisable"# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a European# keyboard, you will probably want to use one of:## Option "XkbModel" "pc102"# Option "XkbModel" "pc105"## If you have a Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:## Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"## If you have a US "windows" keyboard you will want:## Option "XkbModel" "pc104"## Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:## Option "XkbLayout" "de"## or:## Option "XkbLayout" "de"# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"## If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and# control keys, use:## Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"# These are the default XKB settings for X.Org## Option "XkbRules" "xorg"# Option "XkbModel" "pc101"# Option "XkbLayout" "us"# Option "XkbVariant" ""# Option "XkbOptions" ""EndSection# **********************************************************************# Core Pointer's InputDevice section# **********************************************************************Section "InputDevice"# Identifier and driver Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse"# On platforms where PnP mouse detection is supported the following# protocol setting can be used when using a newer PnP mouse:# Option "Protocol" "Auto"# The available mouse protocols types that you can set below are:# Auto BusMouse GlidePoint GlidePointPS/2 IntelliMouse IMPS/2# Logitech Microsoft MMHitTab MMSeries Mouseman MouseManPlusPS/2# MouseSystems NetMousePS/2 NetScrollPS/2 OSMouse PS/2 SysMouse# ThinkingMouse ThinkingMousePS/2 Xqueue Option "Protocol" "MouseManPlusPS/2"# The mouse device. The device is normally set to /dev/mouse,# which is usually a symbolic link to the real device. Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"# Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"# Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"# Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS1"# When using XQUEUE, comment out the above two lines, and uncomment# the following line.# Option "Protocol" "Xqueue"# Baudrate and SampleRate are only for some Logitech mice. In# almost every case these lines should be omitted.# Option "BaudRate" "9600"# Option "SampleRate" "150"# Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button Microsoft mice# Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms)# Option "Buttons" "5"# Option "Emulate3Buttons"# Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice# Option "ChordMiddle"EndSection# Some examples of extended input devices# Section "InputDevice"# Identifier "spaceball"# Driver "magellan"# Option "Device" "/dev/cua0"# EndSection## Section "InputDevice"# Identifier "spaceball2"# Driver "spaceorb"# Option "Device" "/dev/cua0"# EndSection## Section "InputDevice"# Identifier "touchscreen0"# Driver "microtouch"# Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"# Option "MinX" "1412"# Option "MaxX" "15184"# Option "MinY" "15372"# Option "MaxY" "1230"# Option "ScreenNumber" "0"# Option "ReportingMode" "Scaled"# Option "ButtonNumber" "1"# Option "SendCoreEvents"# EndSection## Section "InputDevice"# Identifier "touchscreen1"# Driver "elo2300"# Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"# Option "MinX" "231"# Option "MaxX" "3868"# Option "MinY" "3858"# Option "MaxY" "272"# Option "ScreenNumber" "0"# Option "ReportingMode" "Scaled"# Option "ButtonThreshold" "17"# Option "ButtonNumber" "1"# Option "SendCoreEvents"# EndSection# **********************************************************************# Monitor section# **********************************************************************# Any number of monitor sections may be presentSection "Monitor" Identifier "My Monitor"# HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified.# HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a# comma separated list of ranges of values.# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS. HorizSync 31.5 - 50.0# HorizSync 30-64 # multisync# HorizSync 31.5, 35.2 # multiple fixed sync frequencies# HorizSync 15-25, 30-50 # multiple ranges of sync frequencies# VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified.# VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a# comma separated list of ranges of values.# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS. VertRefresh 40-90EndSection# **********************************************************************# Graphics device section# **********************************************************************# Any number of graphics device sections may be presentSection "Device" Identifier "VESA Framebuffer" Driver "vesa" #VideoRam 4096 # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriateEndSection# **********************************************************************# Screen sections# **********************************************************************# Any number of screen sections may be present. Each describes# the configuration of a single screen. A single specific screen section# may be specified from the X server command line with the "-screen"# option.Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen 1" Device "VESA Framebuffer" Monitor "My Monitor"# If your card can handle it, a higher default color depth (like 24 or 32)# is highly recommended.# DefaultDepth 8# DefaultDepth 16 DefaultDepth 24# DefaultDepth 32# "1024x768" is also a conservative usable default resolution. If you# have a better monitor, feel free to try resolutions such as# "1152x864", "1280x1024", "1600x1200", and "1800x1400" (or whatever your# card/monitor can produce) Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 32 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubsectionEndSection# **********************************************************************# ServerLayout sections.# **********************************************************************# Any number of ServerLayout sections may be present. Each describes# the way multiple screens are organised. A specific ServerLayout# section may be specified from the X server command line with the# "-layout" option. In the absence of this, the first section is used.# When now ServerLayout section is present, the first Screen section# is used alone.Section "ServerLayout"# The Identifier line must be present Identifier "Simple Layout"# Each Screen line specifies a Screen section name, and optionally# the relative position of other screens. The four names after# primary screen name are the screens to the top, bottom, left and right# of the primary screen. In this example, screen 2 is located to the# right of screen 1. Screen "Screen 1"# Each InputDevice line specifies an InputDevice section name and# optionally some options to specify the way the device is to be# used. Those options include "CorePointer", "CoreKeyboard" and# "SendCoreEvents". InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"EndSectionroot@localhost:/home/dale# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 Please show me # cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf ( from Slackware ) Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted November 30, 2005 Author Share Posted November 30, 2005 It's done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 Okay . . . please add directly below this section Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"# Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"# Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"# Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS1"These 3 lines:Option "Buttons" "5" Option "Emulate3Buttons" Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50" Then save the file and reboot with the trackball plugged in ( and not the other mouse ) BrunoPS: If it still does not work, please post the exact model of the trackball ( and how many buttons ) . . and we will see if we can find additional info tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted November 30, 2005 Author Share Posted November 30, 2005 Bruno,,,,,,,,,,should I remove any of the other changes I did or leave them in for now ????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted November 30, 2005 Author Share Posted November 30, 2005 Bruno,,,,,,,,,,,no good ..... trackball still dead .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 I checked the other entries . . . just add those 3 lines on the place I indicated :) BrunoPlease write us exactly what kind of trackball it is . . . . brand, model, number of buttons, usb or ps2, etc etc. Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted November 30, 2005 Author Share Posted November 30, 2005 Bruno,,,Logitec m/n;t-bb14 .. marble mouse usb .. 1 large ball and 2 large buttons, 1 per side ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 Hi DaleI would start to see what happens if you use an USB to PS2 adapter for the trackball mouse. Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted December 1, 2005 Author Share Posted December 1, 2005 I could try that ... BTW ... this same mouse wors in all the other distros and worked in Slack 10.0 when I had it installed .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted December 1, 2005 Author Share Posted December 1, 2005 Bruno,,,The Logitec trackball now works via the usb to ps2 adapter ... that is a good step forward ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 See ?? . . then it is not the xorg.conf that is to blame . . . but some kind of USB issueI would stick to the adapter Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted December 1, 2005 Author Share Posted December 1, 2005 .................Well ..... until Slack can research the situation/matter .. I don't have much choice .... BUT I would think IMHO that since it works in the other 5 distros without an adapter ... that it would just be in best interests and good PR to correct it ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted December 1, 2005 Author Share Posted December 1, 2005 In order to print in 10.2 ... can it be set up from the menu or does this require the apsfilter setup ????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 Yep Apsfilter is the tool in Slackware :DB) Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted December 2, 2005 Author Share Posted December 2, 2005 Bruno,,,using the insts you gave me way back when I had Slack 9.1 installed .. here are my results ... dale@localhost:~$ suPassword:root@localhost:/home/dale# /usr/share/apsfilter/SETUPbash: /usr/share/apsfilter/SETUP: No such file or directoryroot@localhost:/home/dale# exitexitdale@localhost:~$ /usr/share/apsfilter/SETUP-bash: /usr/share/apsfilter/SETUP: No such file or directorydale@localhost:~$am I incorrect here .. I see no typos or spelling errors ????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 Hi DalePlease show me # ls -al /usr/share/apsfilter/ Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted December 2, 2005 Author Share Posted December 2, 2005 .............I would say this is an outstanding reason for the response I gotdale@localhost:~$ suPassword:root@localhost:/home/dale# ls -al /usr/share/apsfilterls: /usr/share/apsfilter: No such file or directoryroot@localhost:/home/dale# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted December 3, 2005 Share Posted December 3, 2005 Hi DaleDid you do a search for it to see it it changed places ? # updatedb# locate apsfilter Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted December 3, 2005 Author Share Posted December 3, 2005 root@localhost:/home/dale# updatedbwarning: updatedb: could not open database: /var/lib/slocate/slocate.db: No such file or directorythis is not good .... y/n ... I did look in kpkgmanager and saw no listing for apsfilter anyplace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted December 3, 2005 Share Posted December 3, 2005 Well actually this is good Dale . . . . after this you can do "locate apsfilter" . . . . BUT . . . BUT . . . But: I did some testing for you and it appears that, in contradiction to the documentation, apsfilter is no longer used and "cups" is favored now :)This means you go to the KDE Control Center --> Peripherals --> PrintersFIRST switch to: Administrator modeNext: at the bottom you see: "Print system currently used" switch this to "CUPS" !!After that press the "add" wizard button in the top left of the window, and follow the wizard . . . . . that should do the trick Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted December 3, 2005 Author Share Posted December 3, 2005 ..........That did it printing is now good ..... next audio .... not from a CD but the "default audio", can't think of a better/correct description .... ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted December 3, 2005 Share Posted December 3, 2005 ..........That did it printing is now good .....Great . . excellent !. . . . next audio .... not from a CD but the "default audio", can't think of a better/correct description .... ??Okay . . to start with . . . please show us: # /sbin/lsmod | egrep -i snd\|sound\|audio\|game# cat /etc/modules.conf Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted December 3, 2005 Author Share Posted December 3, 2005 .......... I think something is missing here ... ???dale@localhost:~$ suPassword:root@localhost:/home/dale# /sbin/lsmod | egrep -i snd\|sound\|audio\|gamesnd-pcm-oss 36736 0 (unused)snd-mixer-oss 12376 0 [snd-pcm-oss]snd-emu10k1 78788 0snd-hwdep 4352 0 [snd-emu10k1]snd-util-mem 1136 0 [snd-emu10k1]snd-ac97-codec 58556 0 [snd-emu10k1]snd-pcm 54344 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-emu10k1 snd-ac97-codec]snd-timer 13764 0 [snd-emu10k1 snd-pcm]snd-rawmidi 12480 0 [snd-emu10k1]snd-seq-device 3812 0 [snd-emu10k1 snd-rawmidi]snd 32772 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-emu10k1 snd-hwdep snd-util-mem snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-timer snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]soundcore 3396 6 [snd]snd-page-alloc 4712 0 [snd-mixer-oss snd-emu10k1 snd-hwdep snd-pcm snd-timer snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd]gameport 1420 0 [emu10k1-gp]root@localhost:/home/dale# cat /etc/modules.confroot@localhost:/home/dale# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted December 3, 2005 Share Posted December 3, 2005 Your sound should work ! . . . Please check your mixers . . . ;)Give this command and tell me if you hear anything: $ artsplay /opt/kde/share/sounds/KDE_Startup.wav And show me # aumix -q Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted December 3, 2005 Author Share Posted December 3, 2005 No audio for the first one ... dale@localhost:~$ aumix -qvol 3, 100, Pbass 50, 50treble 50, 50synth 100, 100pcm 52, 52speaker 0, 0line 0, 0, Pmic 0, 0, Rcd 0, 0, Ppcm2 100, 100igain 0, 0line1 0, 0, Pdig1 0, 0phin 0, 0, Pphout 100, 100, Pvideo 0, 0, Pdale@localhost:~$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 Hi DaleCan you start the aumix GUI with the command "aumix" and have a look why your first line has: vol 3, 100, P and not 100, 100, P ? Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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