> -----Original Message----- > From: Ross Slade [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2000 1:39 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] PS/2 Serial mouse problem on Mandrake v7.0 install > > > On Sun, 23 Jan 2000, you wrote: > > I am trying to Install Mandrake 7.0(Air) but have a problem with mouse > > autodetection. > > My PC motherboard has a PS/2 mouse port (which is disabled in > the BIOS) but I > > prefer to use my Genius Serial 3 button mouse on COM port 1. > > > > When running the install program it autodetects the PS/2 port > but then the > > serial mouse does not work. The Install skips over the mouse > installation so > > there is no way to switch it back to serial. To Install using just the > > keyboard with TAB , SPACE and ENTER keys is very very heavy going !!! > > > > This new graphical install looks very nice, but you try to > install with the > > keyboard ;( > > I have the same problem, I had to go with the "recommended" install then > xf86conf afterwards to set up my mouse. > > Two things make life hard in this case: > > Not being able to scroll the package list during install. Is there a key > combination witch will do this? I cound't find one - if I had a > satisfactory install would still have been possible. > > In KDE <alt>F3 is supposed to bring up the menus, but doesn't. Since it > booted straight into KDE I couldn't DO anything without the mouse. How can > one exit KDE back to a normal command prompt? > > -Ross > > -- > Go back to Command Prompt: Alt-CTR-f1
