hi -- i'm still in newbie land also -- i wasn't totally clear on your email, do you
mean that you have no mouse even when you get into linux? as in after you log on?
see, when i installed mandrake 7.0 and 7.1 i had no mouse in the install program. you
can work around this on the keyboard (for anyone who didn't know that) but it is a
MAJOR pain, especially to set mount points, and more so if you are formating &
partitioning.
when you said "I also couldn't get passed the front screen using the keyboard" do you
mean the log on screen?? now i don't know this for a fact, but i don't think one
would need a mouse to log on. i may be wrong, but that doesn't seem like it would be
a problem. or, do you mean the first screen of the install program?? i also have a
generic seriel mouse... in linux it works just fine, only for the install could i not
find it.
if you still have no mouse in linux i don't know what to do 'bout that... but someone
smarter than me (most anyone on the list) will be able to help you i'm sure.
i am leaving work soon -- if you need the keyboard workarounds for the install program
email me at home [EMAIL PROTECTED] and i will send 'em to you. i don't remember
them exactly off hand, and i don't want to lead you wrong. i have an email from
mandrake support that i can forward to you.... or at least i better still have the
darn thing. of course, i'm sure some of the people here are sure of the keyboard work
arounds also.
as i said -- please hollar at me if you need more help installing without a mouse,
i've done it 4 times =)
Adrian Smith
'de telepone dude
Telecom Dept.
x 7042
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> "leslie.hamilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12:14:41 PM 10/27/00 >>>
I have recently loaded Mandrake 7.1 which was on the cover CD of Linux Magazine. I
wanted to try it out and see if I liked it before buying the full boxed version. I
have tried Red Hat and Caldera but wasn't over keen with those. I had Mandrake 7.0 on
my machine a while ago but cleared it when I formatted the drive.
I have loaded the new cover version on my machine and apart from one problem all went
well. Unfortunately the one problem is that it will not accept my mouse. It works
perfectly well for Windows 95 and the other two versions of Linux I've mentioned, but
not for Mandrake. It is a standard serial mouse and I can't understand why it will
not accept it.
I'm sure you can understand my reluctance to get the boxed version until I can get
this sorted out.
I also couldn't get passed the front screen using the keyboard. I thought if I could
get into the system I may well be able to re-configure the mouse.
Two questions.
1. Why won't it accept my standard serial mouse?
2. How can I use the keyboard to get around without the use of the mouse?
I hope you can be of some help. Many thanks in advance.
Les Hamilton
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
