I did as Dave suggested.  Works fine now.

Femme

mike wrote:
> 
> Well that answers that question!  USB support IS getting worse and worse as
> Mandrake progresses.  In 7.2 a simple kernel recompile was all it took, in
> 8.0 I have to switch to a console before I disconnect the mouse, and it seems
> it doesn't work in 8.2!  There goes my plans to take another swing at
> Mandrake (btw it works like a champ in SuSE 7.3, since this is open source
> maybe you should ask them what they did).
> 
> On Wednesday 20 March 2002 17:43, David wrote:
> > Femme,
> >
> > Maybe you should try installing them as ps/2, then reconfigure them as usb
> > after the install.
> >
> > just a thought
> > Dave
> >
> > On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 15:27:45 -0700
> >
> > FemmeFatale said onto me:
> > > I have a keyboard & mouse, both usb.  The mouse is plugged into the
> > > keyboard, the KB is plugged into the tower.  I posted this on the Newbie
> > > list, but not many helpful answers. :)
> > >
> > > Thought I'd ask the "Experts" here. :)
> > >
> > > What basically happens is that if I boot the CD, i get that screen " Hit
> > > F1 for options, Enter to go on".  Fine my KB works at this point.  As
> > > soon as I enter the next stage, it doesn't.  Neither does the mouse.
> > > This worked fine in 8.0 & 8.1.  So i'm stumped.
> > >
> > > I *can* install them as PS/2 but...why would I want to switch them to a
> > > protocol I dislike?  Plus I dualboot with Win2k.  They are usb & work
> > > fine there.
> > >
> > > Help?
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >
> > > Femme
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