On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 09:42, Tom & Karen Pino wrote: > Hello, > I am Tom Pino, a ranchhand in S.E. Montana. I just joined this list as > I have been interested in Linux for several years but just don't have > the balls. > > My son on the other hand bought a new computer that is supposed to be > Linux friendly. Had no OS installed. Was tested with XP and then > formatted. > > He installed Mandrake 9.1 (from a "power pack"). Had no trouble using > the mouse during setup. When rebooted and the login page came up the > mouse froze. Getting through the log in with out the mouse it is still > frozen. Will respond in no way or direction. > > Mouse is Mitsumi Optical Wheel (PS2) > Mother Board is Asus A7VSX-X > AMD FI XP2400 2gig chip > Mandrake 9.1 kernal 2.4.21 > > I don't know any more about his box than that but can call and get more > info. > > I sent him a HD with 98SE on it hopping that he could get on line and > straighten this out and it has been a real circus because the thing is > having trouble with the modem and then today with the printer. Typical > MS crap. > > Thanks, > Tom > Welcome Tom,
Can't provide you with exact settings for this mouse, but have him try this: At the boot manager prompt (I assume he's installed with lilo), press Esc to get the boot prompt, then type: linux init 3 That will boot the machine without starting X - i.e. command line only. Login as root and then type: drakconf That will produce a menu including mouse selection - probably under hardware. It's been a while since both 9.1 and using this interface for me, so I'm unable to be more specific. Hopefully that will at least get a start on fixing the problem. HTH Brian
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