[newbie] 7.2 install problems

[Paul Becker]

Hi,
 I did a fresh install of 7.2 on my machine 
(P233, 64M, AT3D voodoo card) and I had a strange problem... When the 
graphical login screen comes up, the mouse cursor is a black square. if I 
touch the mouse at all, the monitor goes to standby then comes back to a fresh 
login screen. If I ignore the mouse and just type my username  
password into the boxes, tab down to go and hit the spacebar, I can see the 
button push in, then the screen does exactly the same thing. I'm then back 
at the login screen.

I nuked 7.2 and installed 7.1, which works with no 
apparent problems. Has anyone seen this before? I suspect it is 
something with my video card driver or my mouse driver, but I can't pin it 
down. Since 7.1 works, I'm not in any panic, but when the next version 
comes out I'd like to not be afraid to try it.

Thanks,
 Paul

Re: [newbie] 7.2 install problems

[Paul Becker]

Ok, I'd like to try it since I haven't customized 7.1 too much yet.  Which
install option should I choose?  Intermediate or Expert?
Thanks,
  Paul
- Original Message -
From: "Alan Shoemaker" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: "Paul Becker" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 1:35 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] 7.2 install problems


 Paul Becker wrote:
  Hi,
I did a fresh install of 7.2 on my machine (P233, 64M,
  AT3D voodoo card) and I had a strange problem...  When the
  graphical login screen comes up, the mouse cursor is a
  black square.  if I touch the mouse at all, the monitor
  goes to standby then comes back to a fresh login screen.
  If I ignore the mouse and just type my username  password
  into the boxes, tab down to go and hit the spacebar, I can
  see the button push in, then the screen does exactly the
  same thing.  I'm then back at the login screen.
 
  I nuked 7.2 and installed 7.1, which works with no apparent
  problems.  Has anyone seen this before?  I suspect it is
  something with my video card driver or my mouse driver, but
  I can't pin it down.  Since 7.1 works, I'm not in any
  panic, but when the next version comes out I'd like to not
  be afraid to try it.
 
  Thanks,
Paul

 PaulI believe that if you were to reinstall 7.2 and
 choose the 3.3.6 version of XF86 rather than allowing the
 default 4.01 vertsion to be installed that your problems with
 7.2 would cease to exist.
 --
 Alan