SuSE installed

Jeff plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Mon, 6 May 2002 11:15:45 -0700


It's a DELL mouse... Maybe that's my problem. My main mouse on my machine is
a Logitech 3 button. I'll try it and see if it works.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Katherman" <vaiod@berloy.com>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 11:02 AM
Subject: Re: SuSE installed


| Those adaptors don't always work with some mice.  If you are using a
| logitech mouse, you need the adaptor that came with it, or at least a
| logitech adaptor.  I know that in the past I have had the exact same
| problem with some of my mice in both Linux and Windows.
|
| On Mon, 2002-05-06 at 09:59, Jeff wrote:
| > I have a question that stems from the serial mouse part of this email.
| >
| > I have Mandrake 8.2, and a machine that only has a serial port on the
back
| > of it (I have the option of installing a ps/2 port if all else fails)
for
| > the mouse. I don't have a serial mouse, but I have an adapter for a
serial 2
| > PS/2 connector. No matter what setting I've tried during install, I
can't
| > get the mouse to work using that adapter. Do those adapters just not
work
| > very well? Even windows wasn't getting it... I've tried 3 different
adapters
| > and none of them work, (I've also tried 3 different computers) What am I
| > doing wrong?
| >
| > The serial port is connected to COM1 (TTYS0 right?) on the motherboard.
| >
| > John Wheat, this is the computer you sold me, can you give me some
hints? I
| > can't for the life of me figure out half of the keyboard shortcuts to
get
| > into the hardware section of Mandrake to be able to change it after
install.
| > I'll probably have to go through the install again, or edit a config
file
| > somewhere maybe.
| >
| > ----- Original Message -----
| > From: "Alan Gore" <agore@qwest.net>
| > To: "PLUG" <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
| > Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 11:39 AM
| > Subject: SuSE installed
| >
| >
| > | Folks,
| > |
| > | Thanks much for the recommendations on a Linux distro to bring my
| > | dual-processor Intel system "up from Windows". I have always suspected
| > that
| > | Windows NT was not making full use of the two processors.
| > |
| > | I ended up installing SuSE 8.0, if for no other reason that stores
carry
| > it
| > | all over town, next to Red Hat, while nobody has Debian. There must be
a
| > | reason why the market is demanding it. The Pro edition comes with six
| > discs
| > | of applications. The last time I installed a Linux was Red Hat 6.1
several
| > | years ago on an old 486. I ran that machine purely as a firewall in my
| > | three-PC office. It served me well, but was destroyed in a flood last
| > year.
| > | Only now am I dedicating a new machine to Linux once again.
| > |
| > | SuSE installed with far less trouble than the old RH had done. The
| > interface
| > | looked as professional as a Windows install. The autoprobe found every
| > | component on my system except for the serial mouse. Midway through the
| > | install, there was a point where SuSE displays the autoprobe results
and
| > | allowed me to specify the mouse as being on the first serial port
(using
| > | keyboard only, of course). It set up X as the default interface, and
had
| > no
| > | trouble configuring the AGP video. X looks really good now; this time,
I'm
| > | not going to automatically ditch it in favor of the command line.
| > |
| > | Alan Gore
| > |
| > |
| > |
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