Re: [expert] Mouse on ps2
Dennis wrote: > > Change the mouse. :) > Dennis.sg > > > On Tue, 01 Aug 2000, you wrote: > > > Hello All: > > > I am running LM 7.0 in dual boot on my laptop. I have been using a > > > serial mouse up until now with no problems. I am wanting to switch to a > > > ps2 mouse to free up my serial port to use with the Palm Pilot, but when > > > I hook up the ps2, it doesn't register on the screen (i.e., the cursor > > > doesn't move). I have run mouseconfig and set it to my ps2 mouse, and I > > > have alternately enabled and disabled ps2 mouse in my bios to see if > > > this has any effect. I know my ps2 port is working because I use a ps2 > > > splitter and have my keyboard hooked up through it. And yes, I have > > > tried the mouse without the splitter and it still doesn't work. Any > > > suggestions? > > > > > Try DrakConf. It may be that Mandrake has a preferred way to set up > > the mouse, and DrakConf would likely be the way to get to it. If that > > doesn't work, I dont' know what else to suggest. > > John > > Did that too, but no luck there. I finally corrected the problem by running an "upgrade install" off of the MD 7.0 CD, making sure that the PS2 mouse was hooked up during it. The install program seemed to recognize it. Anyway, it's working now, thanks. -- Rob Benson Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service 3825 Ridgewood Road, Suite 601 Jackson, MS 39211 (601)432-6650 (601)432-6790 (fax) www.mcvs.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Mouse on ps2
Change the mouse. :) Dennis.sg > On Tue, 01 Aug 2000, you wrote: > > Hello All: > > I am running LM 7.0 in dual boot on my laptop. I have been using a > > serial mouse up until now with no problems. I am wanting to switch to a > > ps2 mouse to free up my serial port to use with the Palm Pilot, but when > > I hook up the ps2, it doesn't register on the screen (i.e., the cursor > > doesn't move). I have run mouseconfig and set it to my ps2 mouse, and I > > have alternately enabled and disabled ps2 mouse in my bios to see if > > this has any effect. I know my ps2 port is working because I use a ps2 > > splitter and have my keyboard hooked up through it. And yes, I have > > tried the mouse without the splitter and it still doesn't work. Any > > suggestions? > > > Try DrakConf. It may be that Mandrake has a preferred way to set up > the mouse, and DrakConf would likely be the way to get to it. If that > doesn't work, I dont' know what else to suggest. > John >
Re: [expert] Mouse on ps2
On Tue, 01 Aug 2000, you wrote: > Hello All: > I am running LM 7.0 in dual boot on my laptop. I have been using a > serial mouse up until now with no problems. I am wanting to switch to a > ps2 mouse to free up my serial port to use with the Palm Pilot, but when > I hook up the ps2, it doesn't register on the screen (i.e., the cursor > doesn't move). I have run mouseconfig and set it to my ps2 mouse, and I > have alternately enabled and disabled ps2 mouse in my bios to see if > this has any effect. I know my ps2 port is working because I use a ps2 > splitter and have my keyboard hooked up through it. And yes, I have > tried the mouse without the splitter and it still doesn't work. Any > suggestions? > > -- > Rob Benson > Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service > 3825 Ridgewood Road, Suite 601 > Jackson, MS 39211 > (601)432-6650 > (601)432-6790 (fax) > www.mcvs.org > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your mouse set (or able0 to use ps2 protocol?
Re: [expert] Mouse on ps2
At 09:13 AM 08/01/2000 -0500, Rob Benson wrote: >I am running LM 7.0 in dual boot on my laptop. I have been using a >serial mouse up until now with no problems. I am wanting to switch to a >ps2 mouse to free up my serial port to use with the Palm Pilot, but when >I hook up the ps2, it doesn't register on the screen (i.e., the cursor >doesn't move). I have run mouseconfig and set it to my ps2 mouse, and I >have alternately enabled and disabled ps2 mouse in my bios to see if >this has any effect. I know my ps2 port is working because I use a ps2 >splitter and have my keyboard hooked up through it. And yes, I have >tried the mouse without the splitter and it still doesn't work. Any >suggestions? Try looking in /etc/X11/XF86Config, under the mouse section, and change the Protocol line to PS2 or PS/2. Ted Behling, E-Commerce Consultant Monarch Information Systems 43 Folly Field Road, Unit 4 Hilton Head Island, SC 29928-5434 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.monarchis.net Toll-free Phone & Fax: 1-800-842-7894 Local or Outside the USA: 1-843-842-7894
Re: [expert] Mouse on ps2
On Tue, 01 Aug 2000, you wrote: > Hello All: > I am running LM 7.0 in dual boot on my laptop. I have been using a > serial mouse up until now with no problems. I am wanting to switch to a > ps2 mouse to free up my serial port to use with the Palm Pilot, but when > I hook up the ps2, it doesn't register on the screen (i.e., the cursor > doesn't move). I have run mouseconfig and set it to my ps2 mouse, and I > have alternately enabled and disabled ps2 mouse in my bios to see if > this has any effect. I know my ps2 port is working because I use a ps2 > splitter and have my keyboard hooked up through it. And yes, I have > tried the mouse without the splitter and it still doesn't work. Any > suggestions? > Try DrakConf. It may be that Mandrake has a preferred way to set up the mouse, and DrakConf would likely be the way to get to it. If that doesn't work, I dont' know what else to suggest. John
[expert] Mouse on ps2
kf wrote: > > On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, Fran Parker wrote: > > = I was wondering if you couldn't make a copy of the etc directory in another > = partition and copy it back or would it not be compatible after the upgrade? > > There's a lot of files in and under /etc. Some would be compatible, > others probably wouldn't, some would need to change because of the new > install, others wouldn't. You'd have to catalogue every file there for > every distribution/version with its purpose and when you'd want to make it > stay the same or not. I'm not into a project this large. Better to do it > by hand on a case by case basis. > > = > = You made some great points. > > tnx, > kf > > = > = Bambi > = > = > = On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, kf wrote: > = > I didn't get Pavan's entire post, so I might be off, but I've done one > = > install over another many times with various distributions. In Mandrake > = > (for the Custom and Expert installs... I didn't ever do the first one) > = > you will come to a screen with a small bar chart representing your boot > = > disk and showing the current partitions. Here you have to specify the > = > mount points for each partition and, on the next screen, if you want to > = > (re)format that partition. If you don't format a partition, the data > = > that's there will remain intact. (That's how it's supposed to work.) > = > > = > *** For this reason you will want to do a "df" and copy onto paper the > = > partition devices (/dev/hda1, ...) and their corresponding mount points > = > (/home, /boot, etc.) and do this BEFORE you start the new install. > = > > = > *** If you're installing a network, also record the contents of /etc/hosts > = > because the new install will wipe that out too. Again, do this BEFORE you > = > start the new install. After you start the new install, it will be too > = > late... obviously. > = > > = > *** Record the contents of /etc/passwd because that will be wiped out. If > = > you have one or more users on the old installation with their home > = > directories in, say /home, and you don't format /home as part of the new > = > installation, these home directories will remain intact. However, with > = > the original /etc/passwd gone, these users won't exist anymore and all the > = > old users' files and directories will be orphaned. It would be risky to > = > do anything but fix this by hand. > = > > = > *** Save off to disk or paper important info from other configuration > = > files such as /etc/X11/XF86Config, sendmail.cf and sendmail.cw, bashrc, > = > etc. > = > > = > In most cases you don't want to just save these files over to disk from > = > the old installation and then copy them back into the new installation. > = > If you don't understand the why's and when's of this admonition, then > = > you're especially likely to experience an unsatisfactory new install. > = > > = > > = > hth, > = > kf > = > > = > P.S. Group, is there anything I'm forgetting? > = > > = > > = > > = > On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, Ron Stodden wrote: > = > > = > = Pavan K Balellugari wrote: > = > = > Hello All: I am running LM 7.0 in dual boot on my laptop. I have been using a serial mouse up until now with no problems. I am wanting to switch to a ps2 mouse to free up my serial port to use with the Palm Pilot, but when I hook up the ps2, it doesn't register on the screen (i.e., the cursor doesn't move). I have run mouseconfig and set it to my ps2 mouse, and I have alternately enabled and disabled ps2 mouse in my bios to see if this has any effect. I know my ps2 port is working because I use a ps2 splitter and have my keyboard hooked up through it. And yes, I have tried the mouse without the splitter and it still doesn't work. Any suggestions? -- Rob Benson Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service 3825 Ridgewood Road, Suite 601 Jackson, MS 39211 (601)432-6650 (601)432-6790 (fax) www.mcvs.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]
