It's possible that you have a conflict with gpm. Try killing it before
you start X and see if things work.
scott
Clay, John wrote:
>Thanks to all who provided tips concerning this problem;
>
>I decided to replace the SCSI CD with an IDE and boot with the megaraid boot
>disk. The system recognized the IDE CD and so I loaded from that. Everything
>seemed to go well. Of course there is an "however": After configuring x with
>fx86config I can start x, KDE then starts but I have no mouse control. It
>sorta flits around. Here is what I know:
>
>* This has occurred on two machines (home and work) that I've been
>experimenting with over the past 72 hours,
>* I've correctly identified my video cards, video memory and monitor - video
>display seems OK'
>* I know what sort of mouse is connected though I've tried any and all that
>seemed possible'
>* I've run fx86config easily 30 times with various config changes.
>* I've checked the Slack site fairly thoroughly and haven't found any info
>
>Any Ideas?
>
>TIA
>John Clay
>
>
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