Baslinux mailing list

[sindi keesan <keesan2 AT cyberspace.org>]

mouse and icewm

By removing icewm and adding xterm in .xinitrc, I finally had X working
(without a window manager, with the mouse).

I added back icewm in .xinitrc (removed the #).

X will no longer even load, with or without the mouse, using xinit or
startx.  I tried rebooting.  I tried remaking the link between mouse and
ttyS0.  I tried switching back to vga16 by installpkg xvg16.tgz - this
told me during installation ttyS0 - 1 input overrun(s).  I switched back
to mono (where it had been working without icewm).  I not only rebooted
but powered off and on again.   Maybe I need to wait overnight again???

When I type startx or xinit:  Fatal server error.  /dev/ttyS0 unable to
get status of mouse fd (input/output)

What is an input overrun?  Could it be some conflict between the little
BL2-X program for choosing where the mouse is, and the configuration
program? 

Last time when X and mouse were working and I tried to run it on both
monitors, I eventually ended up with a situation where VT2, 3, and 4 had
the text intro to X on them and I could not exit that or find any way to
get back to the prompt, just switch back to VT1 (Alt-F1).  

Any suggestions for making the mouse work again?  Or at least getting back
to the point where I can load X with the mouse not working?