[plug] The mouse and X

[Andre Thomas]

Hi,

Thanks all that answered my email.  The solution turned out to be a 
combination of manually editing /etc/X11/XF86config (Thanks Robert) to have the correct Input Device protocol entered unlike 
what xf86config added and actually installing gpm (thanks all that suggested 
removing/stopping it..the opposite did the trick).

Now that I am in a GUI, all I ask for is to not be intimidated by large, 
chunky graphics.  I thought that Ctrl-Alt-+ changes the resolution but it 
doesnt.  I even tried removing all resolution options except for anything 
that is greater than 640x480 with no luck.  Colour depth and the rest all 
change; resolutioin seems to be stubbornly fixed.

Is there another way of blocking resolutions and/or forcing specific 
resolutions without using the configuration tool?



Cheers,

-André