figuring out airport problem

[Eric Tse]

It seems like there's not much response to questions at all on this 
mailing list.

Anyway, I found that the reason X kept quitting on me was because my 
XF86Config-4 file (located in /etc/X11) was setting the CorePointer to 
/dev/mouse, but the trackpad on the "newworld" apple machines should be 
at /dev/input/mice and /dev/mouse was actually the usb mouse that I had 
plugged in sometimes. That explains why X would work when I had booted 
up the machine with the usb mouse plugged in, but not work when I didn't.

I hope this is somewhat helpful to others. It seems my two major 
problems with linux have been solved.

Good luck all on resolving your linux issues.
Eric


Eric Tse wrote:

>
> I still have the mouse problem. As for Airport, I've learned that to 
> type in the key of your wireless network for strings, you need to have 
> a "s:" before the key.
>
> For example: /sbin/iwconfig eth1 essid <network name> key s:<network key>
>
> Anyway, I still don't know what's up with the mouse, but I think it 
> has to do with the fact that I installed everything with a USB mouse 
> plugged in.
>
> Eric
>
>
> Eric Tse wrote:
>
>> I installed YDL 2.3 with a Kensington USB mouse plugged into my iBook 
>> (dual usb).
>>
>> It seems that without the mouse plugged in, I can't start X. X can 
>> run with just the trackpad, but can't seem to start with just the 
>> trackpad. X says it is looking for /dev/mouse, which isn't available 
>> (obviously?). I know I can edit the core pointing device in 
>> /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 ,but i'm not sure how to configure the pointing 
>> device for my iBook's trackpad.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Eric
>>
>> P.S. I need to access my wireless network, but iwconfig seems to want 
>> an 8 digit (128-bit?) network key, and it won't take the 5 digit key 
>> that my network uses. Any ideas on this one? Thanks.
>>
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