From: Ben Wong (benw@ecs.comm.mot.com)
Date: 02/10/93 

From: benw@ecs.comm.mot.com (Ben Wong)
Subject: *** HELP NEEDED TO START X ***
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1993 14:36:33 GMT

 Fellow Linuxers,

     *** PROBLEM RUNNING X ***

     I have just installed the latest SLS distribution of Linux
     on my machine. It seems to work fine so far (it boots and
     all) except that I am not able to run X. When I tried by
     invoking "startx", I get a bunch of information about
     the graphic configuration (which Linux seems to accept),
     then the following message appears:

 
        Cannot open mouse: No such file or directory

        Fatal server error:
                           failed to initialize core devices
                                                            giving up.
 
        xinit : Invalid argument (errno 22): unable to connect to X server
        xinit : No such process (errno 3): Server error.

     I am a fairly knowledgeable UNIX user but not an expert on UNIX
     setup and on X. Any help will be greatly appreciated. My
     system configuration is as follows:

       Gateway 2000 486/33Mhz with VESA local bus
       ATI Graphics Ultra Pro
       Mag Innovision 17" monitor
       340 MB Western Digital Drive (~ 64 MB for Linux)
       Mouse connected to com1
     
     I have not messed with anything after installation except
     Xconfig. Maybe I have the monitor and graphics card
     definition wrong for Xconfig. If anyone have the MAG
     17" monitor and the ATI Graphics Ultra Pro and have gotten
     X running, I will greatly appreicated if he/she mail me
     his/her Xconfig. It also seems though, however, that
     something is wrong with the mouse device configuration.

     Please help. I am anxiously awaiting to see X on my screen.

     Thanks for all!!

 Ben Wong
 benw@comm.mot.com