Solved: Unable to login: XFree fails

[Konstantin Riabitsev]

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On Tue, 2002-08-20 at 13:58, Mark Jaffe wrote:

> Well, it turns out that when I booted up YDL while my USB mouse was
> installed, X remembered the configuration (or SOMETHNING ELSE remembered!=
)
> Now when I boot without my USB mouse connected, gpm() fails at boot time =
and
> X will not start.

I'm pretty sure X is NOT using gpm for the mouse driver. GPM is the
first thing I turn off on any installed system, since I am yet to use a
mouse in the console.

> THIS MUST BE FIXED!!!

Sure. Configure two mice under X and then it will use whichever one is
available. Note that you can't use nice and pretty gui tools for that --
they can only handle the idea of one mouse being present on the system,
not two or more, one of which can be absent at random times.

Regards,
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 0>  Konstantin ("Icon") Riabitsev
/ )  Duke University Physics Sysadmin
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