On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, Michael Marcucio wrote:
> i've been using the beta on my Tibook for a few days now(i'm writing this
> email
> on it) and i love it. I did another fresh install just to see if the screen
> problem(not centered == not correct resilution) and mouse problem(trackpad
> dosen't work right) were cause by chousing the incorrect settings.
>
> - i made sure that i chouse "Apple|TiPowerbook 1152x768" and"USB 1 button
> mouse"(is trackpad USB?)
> and when i boot into x
> the mouse didn't move and the screen looked off center. to fix the screen
> issue
> i edited /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (thanks stew)
> the Monitor type was correct but the mode was "1024x768" instead of
> "1152x768".
fixed now
> so with the change of a few chars the screen looks beautiful(well almost, i
> think i need to play with refresh rate or something).
>
> - and the mouse:
> /ect/sysconfig/mouse:
>
> MOUSETYPE=ps/2
> XMOUSETYPE=PS/2
> FULLNAME="USB|1 button"
> XEMU3=yes
> WHEEL=no
> device=usbmouse
>
> if i boot using "linux 3" then do startx the mouse works but if i boot
> regularly it dosen't. haven fixed this one yet.
>
I believe this has now gone away with new packages. (We have a new mouse
problem, but I'll be fixing that soon)
> - other stuff:
> - Control Center just exists randomly(ie, boot->bootconfig)
>
Known not to work. I've reworked drakboot now so it works on PPC.
> don't get me wrong... i think this is the best mandrake yet, these are just
> some
> minor bugs that i found while using it(it is a beta right?)
>
Thanks,
Stew Benedict
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