Sorry Bosco ~ is another way of saying $HOME and means your home directory. in term you can: cp /etc/X11/XF86Config $HOME and it will show up in your home directory bosco wrote: > Thanks for the tips.. That's something I haven't tried and I'm certainly > willing to try ANYTHING.. :) But, excuse me for being a newbie.. When you say > copy it to ~ what do you mean? And also, I've heard people speak of $HOME, > but I'm not sure where it hides.. :) > > Thanks, > > bosco(). > > "Linux, it's like throwing everything you know away... But worth it.. " > > Jon Hunter wrote: > > > bosco wrote: > > > > > Greetings all, > > > > > > I wrote once before of the problems I'm having with this blasted mouse. > > > Everything I change in my centrally located /etc/X11/XF86Config file > > > seems to take. I just got done swapping my 75dpi and 100dpi fonts around > > > and they work like a charm.. > > > > > > However, FOR SOME REASON, my mouse WILL NOT stay configured.. After I > > > "startx" it's not working. If I run "XF86Setup" in a "konsole" and > > > configure my mouse and hit apply it starts working. But it WILL NOT stay > > > configured.. > > > > > > I've tried as root and user.. I've changed permissions, write and read > > > access, hand editing and other not so wise things.. PLEASE HELP.. this > > > is driving me MAD.. BTW, on previous installs of this EXACT same ISO ( > > > mandrake v7.0 ) I've configured it to work fine.. Accck! I > > > > > > I love Linux soo much.. yet sometimes... > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > > bosco(). > > > > Get it working once and cp /etc/X11/XF86Config to ~ > > > > One of the oh so helpful fixits like linuxconf is probably changing it > > back. Had lots of problems with linuxconf changing my settings to what it > > thought was right. So annoying I finally disabled it. If you have a copy > > of XF86Config in $HOME it will take precedence over the one in /etc/X11 > > > > Jon
