Hi all,
I have a very strange problem on my OpenSuse 11.1, KDE 4.2.4 laptop system.
Whenever I try to boot up with no USB Mouse plugged in the loading process for the KDE Desktop(as a matter of fact also other window mangagers, e.g. KDE 3.5, Gnome, fluxbox,…) takes AGES. Once completed the desktop is virtually unusable, i.e. trying to move the cursor via the mousepad seems to take all the cpu power, clicking on icons has no effect whatsoever, etc.
I would very much appreciate any pointers on where to look for the problems.
deus_machinarum
Since it affects all Windowmanagers, I think there’s something wrong with your X-configuration. We need some more info to help you with this:
Can you post the content of /etc/X11/xorg.conf ?
Type of laptop, 32/64 bit?
Graphic card/chip? Drivers installed and configured?
Contents of xorg.conf:
# /.../
# SaX generated X11 config file
# Created on: 2009-04-11T11:02:54+0200.
#
# Version: 8.1
# Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax@suse.de>, 2005
# Contact: SaX-User list <https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/sax-users>
#
# Automatically generated by [ISaX] (8.1)
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
#
Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/URW"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/japanese:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/kwintv"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/uni:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xtest"
FontPath "/opt/kde3/share/fonts"
InputDevices "/dev/gpmdata"
InputDevices "/dev/input/mice"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "glx"
Load "freetype"
Load "dbe"
Load "dri"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "kbd"
Identifier "Keyboard[0]"
Option "Protocol" "Standard"
Option "XkbLayout" "de,de"
Option "XkbModel" "microsoftpro"
Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbVariant" "basic,"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "synaptics"
Identifier "Mouse[1]"
Option "Buttons" "5"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
Option "InputFashion" "Mouse"
Option "Name" "Synaptics;Touchpad"
Option "Protocol" "explorerps/2"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
Option "Vendor" "Sysp"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "mouse"
Identifier "Mouse[3]"
Option "Buttons" "5"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Name" "ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse"
Option "Protocol" "explorerps/2"
Option "Vendor" "Sysp"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
DisplaySize 305 228
HorizSync 40-80
Identifier "Monitor[0]"
ModelName "IDT-1400X1050"
Option "DPMS"
Option "PreferredMode" "1400x1050"
VendorName "ACER"
VertRefresh 50-75
UseModes "Modes[0]"
EndSection
Section "Modes"
Identifier "Modes[0]"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1366x768" "1360x768" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1280x720" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1366x768" "1360x768" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1280x720" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1366x768" "1360x768" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1280x720" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1366x768" "1360x768" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1280x720" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"
EndSubSection
Device "Device[0]"
Identifier "Screen[0]"
Monitor "Monitor[0]"
EndSection
Section "Device"
BoardName "RV350 NP"
BusID "1:0:0"
Driver "radeon"
Identifier "Device[0]"
Option "SaXDualHead"
Option "CRT2VRefresh" "50-60"
Option "MetaModes" "1400x1050,1024x768;1024x768,1024x768"
Option "SaXDualResolution" "1024x768"
Option "SaXDualMode" "Clone"
Option "SaXDualHSync" "31-50"
Option "SaXDualMonitorModel" "1024X768@60HZ"
Option "SaXDualVSync" "50-60"
Option "SaXExternal" "Identifier&EXT+DisplaySize&305 228+VendorName&--> VESA+PreferredMode&1024x768+HorizSync&31-50+ModelName&1024X768@60HZ+VertRefresh&50-60"
Option "IgnoreEDID" "yes"
Option "CRT2HSync" "31-48"
Option "MergedFB" "yes"
Option "GARTSize" "32"
Option "CRT2Position" "Clone"
Option "SaXDualMonitorVendor" "--> VESA"
Option "MonitorLayout" "AUTOCRT,CRT"
Option "SaXDualOrientation" "LeftOf"
Screen 0
VendorName "ATI"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
DisplaySize 305 228
HorizSync 31-50
Identifier "EXT"
ModelName "1024X768@60HZ"
Option "PreferredMode" "1024x768"
VendorName "--> VESA"
VertRefresh 50-60
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout[all]"
InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Mouse[3]" "SendCoreEvents"
Option "Clone" "off"
Option "Xinerama" "off"
Screen "Screen[0]"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Group "video"
Mode 0660
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
EndSection
The laptop is an Acer Travelmate 8000, 32-bit. The Graphics Card an ATI Mobility Radeon 9700/128 MB. Sax2 says it is an ATI RV 350 NP, not sure what that means.
As for drivers: I’m not really sure, I basically set up OpenSuse out of the box and it worked from the start. Please tell me where to look/what to post with regards to that if you need more information.
Something else I did not mention in my first post: when a mouse is plugged in, the touchpad also works flawlessly.