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    Mdk 8.2 : Mouse freezes after logout

    Hi

    Installed Mandrake 8.2 last night, everything is fine except for my serial mouse.

    I set up Mandrake to boot into X (runlevel 5) w/ autologin feature enabled, that's everytime it starts, it logs right into my user account, in such a way that I dont have to type in my username/passwd.

    However, after a successful login and session, and when I logout my mouse cursor just freezes! I will have to restart the machine and autologin again.

    My mouse is a serial /dev/ttyS0 or on com 1.

    Thanx.
    Last edited by dysharmonic; 10-17-2002 at 07:01 AM.
    Isn't it strange the onset of overheating will result in freezing?

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    I tried a PS/2 mouse, but the prob remains!

    The serial mouse works fine in XP and RHL 7.3

    Guys, any ideas please?

    Thanx.
    Isn't it strange the onset of overheating will result in freezing?

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    Does just the mouse lockup, or does the whole system lock up?

    Are you running gpm?

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    Only the mouse locks up at the login screen, i.e. after I log out of a successful session.

    If I want to login again, I'll have to use the keyboard. But then again, once logged in, of course I wont be able to use the mouse.

    The only resort is to restart the system, and from the NTloader select Mandrake.

    Yes I think I'm running gpm, since ps -A shows a gpm service running.

    Is this gpm thing causing my mouse to freeze?

    Thanx.
    Isn't it strange the onset of overheating will result in freezing?

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    I have had the same problem. mine started when I replaced my PS2 keyboard with a USB one. I have had the problem since. When I had both a PS2 keyboard and mouse it did not happen. Unfortunately I am too much of a newbie to tell you why it is happening, or how to fix it. I do on the other hand have a way around this problem. When I go into the login screed the mouse is frozen. I hit ctrl alt F1 then I hit Ctrl alt F7. It brings up the login screen and 8.2. I know this is annoying to have to do this but it will work. At least it did for me .

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    gpm is a program that provides mouse support at the console (non-X). I've heard of it cuasing problems in the past, although I don't remember the exact problems.

    You may want to try disabling it and see if it makes a difference.

    Other than that, the only other thing I can thing of is maybe you have some sort of hardware conflict with IRQs. However were this the case I think the mouse would freeze up right after boot.

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    Hmm...now how do I disable that thing from loading when Mandrake starts. I remember doing it once or twice but cant seem to remember.

    Something to do w/ service configuration or something...???

    Thanx.
    Isn't it strange the onset of overheating will result in freezing?

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    Thumbs down

    Disabled gpm in control centre > system > service, clicked OK button and restarted, but same thing.

    Ctrl + Alt +F1 and then Alt + F7 doesnt work either.

    Mouse still locks after logging out.

    If I need to change the IRQ, assuming there's a conflict, how do I do that?

    Thanx.
    Last edited by dysharmonic; 10-19-2002 at 03:29 AM.
    Isn't it strange the onset of overheating will result in freezing?

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    i have the same problem in Mandrake 9 , the first login i do the mouse works fine , when i log out to switch to root or another user my ps wheel mouse locks up , then i have to reboot and i get no errors at all , its very anoying since i have no clue what to do about it ..

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    Could you please post the InputDevice Section for the mouse of your /etc/X11/XF86Config (-4) so we can have a look.

    Usually the actual device (/dev/ttyS0 or /dev/psaux) is symlinked to /dev/mouse and then /dev/mouse is specified in the InputDevice Section.

    Have you checked your logs?

    /var/log/messages

    /var/log/XFree86.0.log
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    OK I attached here the relevant files

    Code:
    Section "InputDevice"
    
        Identifier  "Mouse1"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option "Protocol"    "Microsoft"
        Option "Device"      "/dev/mouse"
        Option "Emulate3Buttons"
        Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"
    
    # ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice
    
    #    Option "ChordMiddle"
    
    EndSection
    BTW, this is a 2 mouse button.
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    Is protocol 'Microsoft' correct for the type of mouse you have? 2 or 3 button mouse?

    Is /dev/mouse symlinked from /dev/ttyS0?

    ls -al /dev/mouse (to check)

    Try disabling DPMS.

    Option "dpms" "off"
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    Hi

    Mouse is linked to /dev/ttyS0

    lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 5 Oct 21 01:26 /dev/mouse -> ttyS0

    This is a cheap 2-button mouse, chosen to emulate as a 3-button during installation.

    I'm not sure if its protocol is M$. What does it mean anyway?

    I tried disabling M$ protocol , but startx gave an error no core pointer

    Disabling DPMS (off) still locked my mouse.

    I have disabled autologin feature so now, Mandrake boots to the login screen (runlevel 5).

    And my mouse locks up right at the login screen.

    Earlier (w/ autologin enabled), Mdk booted into my user account, and mouse worked fine until I logged out.

    There's a way to get around this prob (but kinda cheating); i.e to boot to runlevel 3 and from the prompt login as usual. Whenever I logout, I'll be dropped back to the login prompt; login :


    Also during Mdk startup, I got these 4 lines :

    Unknown bridge resource 0 : assuming transparent
    Unknown bridge resource 1 : assuming transparent
    Unknown bridge resource 2 : assuming transparent
    Unknown bridge resource 0 : assuming transparent


    If they have anything to do w/ my mouse...

    Thanx.
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    Exclamation BUMP!

    I just thought I'd push this thread back into the limelight.

    I have the same problem of my mouse cursor freezing when I log out of an X session.

    Using CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE to restart X sorts the problem out, but it's not an ideal solution.

    I'm using Mandrake 9.0.

    I've disabled gpm in runlevel 5 to see if that was the cause, but it still happens.

    Anyone got any ideas?

    Tim

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    Cool that Ctrl+Alt+Backspace works w/ you but it doesnt w/ me...

    So as of the moment I just boot to r/level 3 and login and startx.

    At least I'm out of the freezing conditionforthe time being, until there's a solution from you ppl here.

    Thanx
    Isn't it strange the onset of overheating will result in freezing?

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