X-Window Weirdness

[S Lawton]

11/01/04 4:49:22 PM, "S. Lawton " <green_man at bluefrog.biz> wrote:

>I attempted to change my monitor, but was unsuccessful, I think.
>I don't know if it was that, or the fact that I forgot to unplug my USB 
>trackball device before that login. 
>Anyhow, when X starts displaying the log in screen, the cursor 
>moves to the upper right corner of the screen and freezes there. 
>I tried the LiLo FailSafe boot option, but the same thing happens, 
>and the console window is pushed to the lower right, so the upper 
>left corner is in the center of the screen. 
>I have no idea exactly what happened, or how to fix it, but I have a 
>Knoppix 3.3 CD that works. Can I somehow use Knoppix to get 
>into the Mandrake partitions and start Mandrake's X-Windows 
>using the Knoppix values ? 
>Knoppix denies me access to Mandrake's partitions, but I can get 
>a root console. Or could something be done from the "boot" 
>prompt, before X starts ? 
>Has anybody seen anything like this ?
>
>AIA
>
>

UPDATE: 
I have 3 Linux Live Cds that the monitor and mouse work in. 

Knoppix 3.3 [debian based] 
Morphix 0.4-1 [debian based]
SlaX 3.0.25-2 [slackware based] 

all have very scant documentation, or nil 

I have figured out how to access Mandrake's partitions as root from inside Morphix. 
Is there a file somewhere that I can copy from one of these into Mandrake, or or delete in 
Mandrake so I can reconfigure it ? 

The mouse/monitor glitch is the same for Mandrake's root and normal users, and also 
happens if I use the "screen=1024x768" argument from the "boot" prompt, login as root, 
then "startx". Where is the monitor configuration stored, so I can whack it, and be forced to 
reconfigure it ? 

[ASIDE 1] 
What does CTL+ALT+BACKSPACE do? 
I think I remeber reading that was supposed to kill Xwindows and put you into text console 
mode, but this machine dies like I pulled the plug. 
Is it a configurable key combination ? 

[ASIDE 2] 
Can an ISP tell if you're using Windows or Linux ? 
If so, can they kill a daemon from thier end ? 
The reason I ask is that after configuring kppp and hitting "connect", the modem dials and 
handshakes, but at the point where, in Windows authentication would be completed and it 
would drop to the systray, instead I get the message the kppp daemon died 
unexpectedly. There are no details available. 
This happens every time. Yet, if reboot to Windows and connect, it's fine. 
What gives ??

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