Hey Roman,
Thanx very much for your reply. Though you offer solutions, they're
not quite for my problems. I'll try to write more clearly this time.
1. I have a "WinMouse 4D+" a.k.a. "WWW-11". I am using the "Generic
Mouse (PS/2)" driver. With this driver the mouse cursor sometimes
jumps to the upper right hand corner and also behaves as if I would be
clicking the mouse buttons. I think it is because I selected the wrong
driver.
How do I *change* the mouse driver, please ?
No re-login, login as another user, login as root, login in console
mode, login to KDE - nothing helps.
2. And second - I would love to access my CD-ROM, but it doesn't work.
A copy of my fstab and mtab files is included several lines below (in
my original mail).
I can't mount the CD-ROM neither using (I think it was like this)
mount -t iso9660 -o user,ro,exec /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
nor using "supermount" as filesystem - as it was defined after
installation.
My CD-ROM is on secondary master, if it helps.
If you know how to help, thanx in advance.
Roman
> I have MDK7.1 and noticed that when I selected Intellimouse PS/2 it jumped
> across the top of the screen. If you encounter this, hold down the following
> keys: Cntrl+Alt+Backspace
> This should get you back to the kde prompt and log in again.
> The sensitivity settings are ....well... very sensitive. Personally, I keep
> the settings low or off.
> Using RpmDrake
> When using Rpmdrake:
> A) Single click on the icon and choose the file of interest and click on the
> install bar
> B) You will be prompted by small window asking you to insert cdrom1.
> C) If you do not place the installation CD in the tray, your rpm file will
> not install
> D) Try not to double-click too fast because it will call up an installation
> from cdrom1, cdrom2,
> If you have overclicked, close the cdromx windows prompt
> Check to see if your mouse is supported on the linux-mandrakesoft.com web
> page.
> Roman
> Registered Linux User 179293
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Roman Korcek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2000 6:25 AM
> Subject: [newbie] mouse driver and CD-ROM problems
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I am a total newbie, so, please, don't kill me for questions which might
>> seem so easy. Thanx in advance. :-)
>>
>> I just installed Mandrake 7.0 and wanted to find my way round in KDE as I
>> discovered that the mouse cursor is sometimes jumping around the screen
>> and behaving as if I were pressing buttons, which I am not. So I tried to
>> configure some other driver. I looked into DrakConf where I started
>> Hardware Configuration (Lothar) but it only gave me info about the mouse,
>> not letting me change anything. Therefore I clicked the 'K', settings,
>> input devices, mouse, but I only can change the sensitivity (and switch
>> left/right) there. Desperately I went into RpmDrake to look for some
>> package which might help me. Under System Environment, Base, I found the
>> package mouseconfig and I tried to install it. A message showed up asking
>> me to insert the CD named installation. It was there, so I clicked OK, but
>> it said it can't find the file and is exiting. (BTW: Funny that after the
>> error message the mouseconfig package disappeared from the list and I had
>> to quit and restart RpmDrake to see it.) I clicked onto the terminal
>> emulation icon and started midnight commander from there (I know there's
>> gotta be a better way) to look at the /etc/mtab and /etc/fstab files. I
>> saw that the CD-ROM was configured for rw access, so I went to LinuxConf,
>> filesystems, access local drive, clicked onto /mnt/cdrom. Tried to
>> unmount and mount it back again several times (maybe shouldn't have done
>> that), changed the type from supermount to iso9660 and back, changed misc,
>> other options from fs=iso9660 to empty and back and still nothing. I can't
>> access the CD-ROM drive under /etc/cdrom. To make things more interesting,
>> another problem came up - now instead of trying to access the CD-ROM when
>> accessing /etc/cdrom my floppy drive is being accessed...
>>
>> Can anyone please help ?
>>
>>
>> Summary:
>> 1. How can I change the mouse driver ?
>>
>> 1a. What mouse driver should I select if I have a WinMouse 4D+ mouse
>> (model WWW-11) - it has four buttons and two wheels ? I currently have
>> Generic Mouse (PS/2) selected - doesn't work properly.
>>
>> 2. What have I done wrong that when trying to access my CD-ROM
>> (PlexWriter 8/4/32A) my floppy drive gets accessed ?
>>
>> My /etc/fstab looks like this:
>>
>> /dev/hda1 /boot vfat user,exec,conv=auto 0 0
>> /dev/hda5 /mnt/DOS_hda5 vfat user,exec,conv=auto 0 0
>> /dev/hda6 / ext2 defaults 1 1
>> /dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0
>> /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0
>> none /proc proc defaults 0 0
>> none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
>> /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount
> exec,dev,suid,rw,fs=iso9660 0 0
>>
>> --------
>> /etc/mtab looks like this:
>>
>> /dev/hda6 / ext2 rw 0 0
>> none /proc proc rw 0 0
>> /dev/hda1 /boot vfat rw,nosuid,nodev,conv=auto 0 0
>> /dev/hda5 /mnt/DOS_hda5 vfat rw,nosuid,nodev,conv=auto 0 0
>> /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount rw,fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0
>> none /dev/pts devpts rw,mode0620 0 0
>> /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount rw,fs=iso9660 0 0
>>
>> --------
>>
>> 2a. What to do for my CD-ROM to work ? It hasn't worked since
> installation
>> (I can't read iso9660 CDs).
>>
>> 3. Is there an easy way to change the screen refresh rate (e.g. I have
>> 100Hz and want 85Hz) ?
>>
>>
>> Sorry that the mail got so long...
>>
>> Thanx in advance.
>>
>> Roman
>>
>>
Roman
