Error Loading menu.lst

[CWBillow]

I just installed Kubuntu 7.04.

I want to change the menu.lst, so I enterewd the command (Alt-F2 box):

kdesu kate /boot/grub/menu.lst

and I got the following errors:

>
xError BadDevice, 1 invalid or uninitialized input device 167

Major opcode 144
Minor opcode 3
Resource ID 0

Failed to open Device

Major opcode 144
Minor opcode 3
Resource ID 0

What do I do to fix this?

Chuck Billow

[eriefisher]

Re: Error Loading menu.lst

You types this into a terminal? Without opening the Konsole press the ALT key and the F2 key at the same time. This will give you the run command.

The error is just a complaint that you opened a gui app with a konsole.

eriefisher

[CWBillow]

Re: Error Loading menu.lst

You types this into a terminal? Without opening the Konsole press the ALT key and the F2 key at the same time. This will give you the run command.

The error is just a complaint that you opened a gui app with a konsole.

eriefisher

It was in a run box (Alt-F2)... I'll try it again...

Chuck

[SheeEttin]

Re: Error Loading menu.lst

Two problems:
1. You can't get any output from the Run Command dialog. (Unless you mean a dialog box popped up.)
2. There's nothing there that says bad things. See this to fix a nuisance you have there.

[Qqmike]

Re: Error Loading menu.lst

I remember this coming up before here, and although I didn't read SheeEttin's link this time, I think we are on the same page on this subject.
FWIW, I get those messages all the time at Konsole when opening GUI's with sudo or kdesu. Almost every time, though, it finally opens in a few seconds and all is well. Now and then, I just close out and try again and it'll come through ok.

[gregb49]

Re: Error Loading menu.lst

Isn't

sudo kate

an easier way to edit menu.lst, then open the file at /boot/grub/ having ignored the grumbles in the terminal? Greg

[SheeEttin]

Re: Error Loading menu.lst

No. Use kdesu for GUI apps (like Kate or Konqueror) and sudo for others (like vi or anything else). Bad things happen if you don't.

[gregb49]

Re: Error Loading menu.lst

No. Use kdesu for GUI apps

Good to know that there is a better way, but KDESU kate still gives strange warnings, at least it does on my computer.

X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 167
Major opcode: 144
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device

Greg

[CWBillow]

Re: Error Loading menu.lst

No. Use kdesu for GUI apps

Good to know that there is a better way, but KDESU kate still gives strange warnings, at least it does on my computer.

X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 167
Major opcode: 144
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device

Greg

Greg I'm still getting a bit of those errors as well... Doesn't seem to alter results, but a bit unnerving...

Chuck

[dibl]

Re: Error Loading menu.lst

That is easily fixed. You need to open your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file with kate in Super User mode, i.e.

kdesu kate /etc/X11/xorg.conf

. First thing to do is "save as" xorg.conf.bak_1OCT07, so you've got a solid, current backup file.

Now, go to the "Server Layout" stanza, find the lines that refer to the wacom stylus, cursor, and erasor, and "comment" them out by inserting a "#" in front of each offending line, so it looks like so:

Section "ServerLayout"
#	InputDevice   "stylus"	"SendCoreEvents"
#	InputDevice   "cursor"	"SendCoreEvents"
#	InputDevice   "eraser"	"SendCoreEvents"
  Identifier   "Default Layout"
  Screen   0 "Screen0" 0 0
  InputDevice  "Generic Keyboard"
  InputDevice  "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Next. scroll down to where the "Section Input Device" stanzas begin. Find the three stanzas that refer to the erasor, the stylus, and the cursor, and comment them out, so they look like this:

# Section "InputDevice"
#  Identifier   "stylus"
#  Driver     "wacom"
#  Option     "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
#  Option     "Type" "stylus"
#  Option     "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"		# Tablet PC ONLY
# EndSection

# Section "InputDevice"
#  Identifier   "eraser"
#  Driver     "wacom"
#  Option     "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
#  Option     "Type" "eraser"
#  Option     "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"		# Tablet PC ONLY
# EndSection

# Section "InputDevice"
#  Identifier   "cursor"
#  Driver     "wacom"
#  Option     "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
#  Option     "Type" "cursor"
#  Option     "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"		# Tablet PC ONLY
# EndSection

Now click "save as" again, and this time save it as xorg.conf. If you want to restart the xserver with this new configuration, just Ctrl-Alt-Backspace and log in again. Otherwise it will take effect the next time you log in or reboot.

You're done -- tell a friend how to do it!

[Qqmike]

Re: Error Loading menu.lst

Psychocats on the graphical sudo issue (she explains it for Ubuntu and sudo vs gksudo, but the principle is the same—kdesu = gksudo etc).
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/graphicalsudo

Thanks, dibl, for that fix—Good to know that!