Jeff I hope this helps. Stop USB from automatically starting. In X you can click on DrakConf, go to startup services, and deselect USB. Also make sure USB is turned off in your bios. Check the next time you reboot to see if you still get the same message. As for your other questions, I have the same numlock problem that you have. I also use a microsoft intellimouse and I have had problems with it also (I am using Mandrake 7.0) When all esle fails blame M$ Jeff Malka wrote: > I could not get an answer to this in the newbie list and therefore thought > to try the Expert list. I hope you will forgive the cross posting. > > Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Registered Linux user 183185 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Linux Newbie Mandrake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 6:54 PM > Subject: [newbie] Minor post install "problems" > > > After weeks of fighting to get TurboLinux 6 to work correctly (too many > > problems to list) I dumped it and went to Mandrake 7.1 What a > difference! > > In 2 hours, it was installed, the printer was working and I was on the > > internet without a hiccup. Now I can spend my time trying to learn Linux > > instead of trying to debug a distribution. > > > > What problems I have are so minor that I could live without solving them > if > > I had to. But here goes: > > > > 1 When booting up I get a message about failing to detect the USB > > interface. That is because I do not have USB on this PC. How do I stop > > Mandrake from looking for the USB? > > > > 2. Even though numlock was selected to be on during install (I think), it > is > > not on when KDE is up. How do I correct this? > > > > 3. On shutting dows, I get a message that it failed: "saving mixer > settings: > > error opening mixer". What is that? I do not have sound configured yet. > > It is the one thing I could not get to work. I have a Sound Blaster PNP > Pro > > 16 with Interrupt 5, DMA 1, DMA 16 5 and MPU 330. Even though I entered > > these numbers, still no sound. Any thoughts? > > > > 4. I have a PS/2 microsoft intellimouse. Yet when I select it as the one > to > > chose (both as root and as user), the selection does not "stick" and when > I > > reopen the config tool I see that it is still at generic PS/2. What am I > > doing wrong? > > > > Thanks for any help for these relatively "minor" problems. > > > > Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Registered Linux user 183185 > > > > > >
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