Hi, We can probably fix the mouse problem you are experiencing, but in the long run, you probably want to fix the original error in a different way. FC3 is shipped with a pretty recent X-server (graphics software) from X.org. This is compatable with the most recent acecelerated drivers. So, your original problem could probably be better fixed by getting the original software that came with FC3 working, rather than installing a different X-server (fXFree86) and a proprietary driver (from ATI). On Thursday 13 January 2005 07:58, Jesse Nichols wrote: > HI everyone. I'm new to Linux and I need your help please. > > I just installed RH-FC3. But all the openGl apps run really slowwwwww. As you surmise, this is usually caused by 3D acceleration not being enabled. > I read somewhere to check a configuration file (don't remember which > one) And see what the "rendering" is set to. On my system its set to > "no rendering". ?? I presume that the config file is /etc/X/Xorg.conf? > I understood this to mean I didn't have opengl > installed. Maybe, but probably not. I would expect FC3 to have OpenGL installed. The most commonly-used OpenGL implementation is called "MESA". If you look on your machine, I would expect you will find it is installed. > And the only way To install it was to download the ATI Linux > driver and install it. No, this is not correct. The ATI driver from ATI comes with a version of OpenGL, but that is not the only OpenGL implementation for Linux. > From the ATI sight, I downloaded and ran check.sh and it told me that I > didn't > Have XFree86 installed. Correct, FC3 ships with an X-server from X.org, rather than the X-server from XFree86. > Soooo, I went to the XFree86 site and downloaded v4.3.0.(which is what > version the ATI Driver said it needed.) I rebooted to a command Line > and ran the install > script "sh Xinstall.sh" as instructed. > > After the install I ran XFree86 -xf86config /root/XF86Config.new to test > the server > and it comes back with the following errors: > > (EE) xf860OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/mouse > no such file or directory > (EE) Mouse0: cannot open input device > (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Mouse0" > No core pointer > > Fatal server error: > Failed to initialize core devices > > > In an attempt to correct the problem, I tried to change the > /root/XF86Config.new input device line to > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "PS/2" > Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" > Option "SampleRate" "80" > > > But when I run the test again, I get the same errors. You need to change the "live" file, which is usually in /etc/X/XFConfig > Anybody got any ideas on whats happening and what do I need to do to get > it to work correctly? Hope this helps. Cheers! Nik _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
