Re: [newbie] 10 and 10.1 mouse driver

2004-09-18 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 18:30:17 -0500
Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 On Thursday 16 September 2004 11:18 pm, Lee Wiggers wrote:
  Hello list
 
  Recently my test box in 10.0 Official noted new hardware on
  boot. With vast stupidity, I followed along and it changed my
  mouse driver.
 
  The mouse hiccups and goes into fits when I kvm to another box
  and back.
 
  I saw it as an opportunity and reformatted, then installed the
  new 10.1.  It does the same thing.
 
  I swapped the kvm outputs with another box to make sure it was
  not a hardware problem (Belkin Omni-view with perfect track
  record).  It is most definitely a mdk thing.
 
  Anyone have a suggestion or experiencing the same problem?  I
  have not had satisfactory performance since 9.2 and, frankly,
  I'm growing weary.
 
  Lee
 Lee, is the mouse a usb mouse? No matter, go to the MCC console
 and check on hardware and then mouse and redo it as a usb or
 PS/2mouse. And it should be OK, I have had no problems with my
 logitech optical scroll wheel mouse. HTH-- 
 Dennis M. linux user #180842
 
 
It's a PS2 mouse and works with 4 other boxes without failure.  And
I've done the mcc thing, both from console and gui.  Also doesn't
help to logout and startx again.  Still rendered worthless or worse
with jumping about.

Hope 9.2 is still on the mirrors.  I foolishly assumed 10 and 10.1
were upgrades and trashed my iso's.

Thanks for the help, though.

Lee

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Re: [newbie] 10 and 10.1 mouse driver

2004-09-18 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 07:58:23 +1000
Stephen Kühn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 On Sat, 2004-09-18 at 03:32, Lee Wiggers wrote:
 
  Every time I was done in it was an upgrade and that occurs
  regularly.  Upgrade and your sound doesn't work anymore. Upgrade
  and your burner doesn't work anymore.  Upgrade and your ears
  turn green.
  
  In other words upgrade means fsk-up as much as it means
  improves.
 
 As I've found out (testing on several different boxen) it is
 always much better to do a clean installation than to do an
 upgrade; we had heaps of video/mouse/keyboard/sound problems with
 doing upgrades - so from now on it's purely clean
 installations...(that also goes for RedHat)
 
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These were both clean installs on reformatted xfs, as I've always
done.  Upgrade in the sense that 10 should be better than 9.

Lee

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Re: [newbie] 10 and 10.1 mouse driver

2004-09-18 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 07:58:23 +1000
Stephen Kühn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 On Sat, 2004-09-18 at 03:32, Lee Wiggers wrote:
 
  Every time I was done in it was an upgrade and that occurs
  regularly.  Upgrade and your sound doesn't work anymore. Upgrade
  and your burner doesn't work anymore.  Upgrade and your ears
  turn green.
  
  In other words upgrade means fsk-up as much as it means
  improves.
 
 As I've found out (testing on several different boxen) it is
 always much better to do a clean installation than to do an
 upgrade; we had heaps of video/mouse/keyboard/sound problems with
 doing upgrades - so from now on it's purely clean
 installations...(that also goes for RedHat)
 
 --
 stephen kuhn - proprietor
 __
 illawarra computer services :: a kuhn media australia venture
 http://kma.0catch.com  :: mobile 0410.728.389
 Serving Sydney, The Illawarra, South Coast and Rural NSW
 __
   * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer *
   We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents
 __
   Mandrake GNU/Linux 10.0 OE/Kernel 2.6.3-7/ No Viruses here. 
 
 Life is a serious burden, which no thinking, humane person would
 wantonly inflict on someone else. -- Clarence Darrow
 
 
 
Anyway, you don't have to upgrade or fresh install to screw
something up.  All you have to do is update regularly.  What a
crock.

Lee

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Re: [newbie] 10 and 10.1 mouse driver

2004-09-18 Thread Greg Meyer
On Saturday 18 September 2004 02:08 am, Lee Wiggers wrote:
  Lee, is the mouse a usb mouse? No matter, go to the MCC console
  and check on hardware and then mouse and redo it as a usb or
  PS/2mouse. And it should be OK, I have had no problems with my
  logitech optical scroll wheel mouse. HTH--
  Dennis M. linux user #180842

 It's a PS2 mouse and works with 4 other boxes without failure.  And
 I've done the mcc thing, both from console and gui.  Also doesn't
 help to logout and startx again.  Still rendered worthless or worse
 with jumping about.

Could you post the input devices section of your '/etc/X11/XF86Config' file
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[newbie] 10 and 10.1 mouse driver

2004-09-17 Thread Lee Wiggers
Hello list

Recently my test box in 10.0 Official noted new hardware on boot. 
With vast stupidity, I followed along and it changed my mouse
driver.

The mouse hiccups and goes into fits when I kvm to another box and
back.

I saw it as an opportunity and reformatted, then installed the new
10.1.  It does the same thing.

I swapped the kvm outputs with another box to make sure it was not a
hardware problem (Belkin Omni-view with perfect track record).  It
is most definitely a mdk thing.

Anyone have a suggestion or experiencing the same problem?  I have
not had satisfactory performance since 9.2 and, frankly, I'm growing
weary.

Lee

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December.


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Re: [newbie] 10 and 10.1 mouse driver

2004-09-17 Thread Scott Mazur
On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 04:18:09 +, Lee Wiggers wrote
 Hello list
 
 Recently my test box in 10.0 Official noted new hardware on boot. 
 With vast stupidity, I followed along and it changed my mouse
 driver.
 
 The mouse hiccups and goes into fits when I kvm to another box and
 back.
 
 I saw it as an opportunity and reformatted, then installed the new
 10.1.  It does the same thing.
 
 I swapped the kvm outputs with another box to make sure it was not a
 hardware problem (Belkin Omni-view with perfect track record).  It
 is most definitely a mdk thing.
 
 Anyone have a suggestion or experiencing the same problem?  I have
 not had satisfactory performance since 9.2 and, frankly, I'm growing
 weary.

My mouse kvm problems usually end with a switch to a USB keyboard and mouse 
(KVM with USB connections).  Different Kernel versions just seem to have 
some aversion to mice on KVM switches.  IMHO it's entirely an Linux Kernel 
bug that should have been put to rest a long time ago.  My final solution 
was an inexpensive PS2-to-USB adapter cable to make all my keyboard/mouse 
problems USB problems.  Seems USB mice just don't suffer from the same 
confusion.

Scott

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Re: [newbie] 10 and 10.1 mouse driver

2004-09-17 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 10:27:36 -0600
Scott Mazur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 04:18:09 +, Lee Wiggers wrote
  Hello list
  
  Recently my test box in 10.0 Official noted new hardware on
  boot. With vast stupidity, I followed along and it changed my
  mouse driver.
  
  The mouse hiccups and goes into fits when I kvm to another box
  and back.
  
  I saw it as an opportunity and reformatted, then installed the
  new 10.1.  It does the same thing.
  
  I swapped the kvm outputs with another box to make sure it was
  not a hardware problem (Belkin Omni-view with perfect track
  record).  It is most definitely a mdk thing.
  
  Anyone have a suggestion or experiencing the same problem?  I
  have not had satisfactory performance since 9.2 and, frankly,
  I'm growing weary.
 
 My mouse kvm problems usually end with a switch to a USB keyboard
 and mouse (KVM with USB connections).  Different Kernel versions
 just seem to have some aversion to mice on KVM switches.  IMHO
 it's entirely an Linux Kernel bug that should have been put to
 rest a long time ago.  My final solution was an inexpensive
 PS2-to-USB adapter cable to make all my keyboard/mouse problems
 USB problems.  Seems USB mice just don't suffer from the same
 confusion.
 
 Scott
 
 --
 Nothing goes to waste when Little Fish are near!
 (http://www.littlefish.ca)
 
 
 
rant

Let me tell you what pisses me off.  I have been using the same
mouse, same keyboard, and same chair since 7.2.  They have all
worked fine with Generic Wheelmouse until now.  And never did the
distro detect new hardware and do me in.

Every time I was done in it was an upgrade and that occurs
regularly.  Upgrade and your sound doesn't work anymore. Upgrade and
your burner doesn't work anymore.  Upgrade and your ears turn green.

In other words upgrade means fsk-up as much as it means
improves.

I'm sick of it.  I burn with Nero on a 2k box.  I listen to oggs and
mp3s with Winamp on a 2k box.  It works...always...period.

I keep my files, connect with the net, and serve my site on the mdk
9.2 box.  That's all important, but pretty basic crap for a hot shot
super distro like mdk.
/rant

Call me a troll if you wish, but I've tried hard to swallow this
shiet.  How is a beginner supposed to embrace this crap?

The current wheelmouse is a Logitech, BTW, and I was wrong about it
living through all.  Previous was a Microslop wheelmouse.  When I
bought the Logitech, I plugged it in and it worked in place of the
other.

Now it does not, because 10.1 detected a change two years later, I
suppose?

Let me also say that I can probably fix it by identifying the driver
on the 9.2 box and forcing it on the 10.1 box, but why do I have to
do this?  Is this a computer operating system or a frustration
generator?  I can listen to my wife and get frustrated, although
I'll admit mdk works faster.

Lee


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Re: [newbie] 10 and 10.1 mouse driver

2004-09-17 Thread Brandon Rife
Lee Wiggers wrote:
On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 10:27:36 -0600
Scott Mazur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 

On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 04:18:09 +, Lee Wiggers wrote
   

Hello list
Recently my test box in 10.0 Official noted new hardware on
boot. With vast stupidity, I followed along and it changed my
mouse driver.
The mouse hiccups and goes into fits when I kvm to another box
and back.
I saw it as an opportunity and reformatted, then installed the
new 10.1.  It does the same thing.
I swapped the kvm outputs with another box to make sure it was
not a hardware problem (Belkin Omni-view with perfect track
record).  It is most definitely a mdk thing.
Anyone have a suggestion or experiencing the same problem?  I
have not had satisfactory performance since 9.2 and, frankly,
I'm growing weary.
 

My mouse kvm problems usually end with a switch to a USB keyboard
and mouse (KVM with USB connections).  Different Kernel versions
just seem to have some aversion to mice on KVM switches.  IMHO
it's entirely an Linux Kernel bug that should have been put to
rest a long time ago.  My final solution was an inexpensive
PS2-to-USB adapter cable to make all my keyboard/mouse problems
USB problems.  Seems USB mice just don't suffer from the same
confusion.
Scott
--
Nothing goes to waste when Little Fish are near!
(http://www.littlefish.ca)

   

rant
Let me tell you what pisses me off.  I have been using the same
mouse, same keyboard, and same chair since 7.2.  They have all
worked fine with Generic Wheelmouse until now.  And never did the
distro detect new hardware and do me in.
Every time I was done in it was an upgrade and that occurs
regularly.  Upgrade and your sound doesn't work anymore. Upgrade and
your burner doesn't work anymore.  Upgrade and your ears turn green.
In other words upgrade means fsk-up as much as it means
improves.
I'm sick of it.  I burn with Nero on a 2k box.  I listen to oggs and
mp3s with Winamp on a 2k box.  It works...always...period.
I keep my files, connect with the net, and serve my site on the mdk
9.2 box.  That's all important, but pretty basic crap for a hot shot
super distro like mdk.
/rant
Call me a troll if you wish, but I've tried hard to swallow this
shiet.  How is a beginner supposed to embrace this crap?
The current wheelmouse is a Logitech, BTW, and I was wrong about it
living through all.  Previous was a Microslop wheelmouse.  When I
bought the Logitech, I plugged it in and it worked in place of the
other.
Now it does not, because 10.1 detected a change two years later, I
suppose?
Let me also say that I can probably fix it by identifying the driver
on the 9.2 box and forcing it on the 10.1 box, but why do I have to
do this?  Is this a computer operating system or a frustration
generator?  I can listen to my wife and get frustrated, although
I'll admit mdk works faster.
Lee
 



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Re: [newbie] 10 and 10.1 mouse driver

2004-09-17 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sat, 2004-09-18 at 03:32, Lee Wiggers wrote:

 Every time I was done in it was an upgrade and that occurs
 regularly.  Upgrade and your sound doesn't work anymore. Upgrade and
 your burner doesn't work anymore.  Upgrade and your ears turn green.
 
 In other words upgrade means fsk-up as much as it means
 improves.

As I've found out (testing on several different boxen) it is always much
better to do a clean installation than to do an upgrade; we had heaps of
video/mouse/keyboard/sound problems with doing upgrades - so from now on
it's purely clean installations...(that also goes for RedHat)

--
stephen kuhn - proprietor
__
illawarra computer services :: a kuhn media australia venture
http://kma.0catch.com  :: mobile 0410.728.389
Serving Sydney, The Illawarra, South Coast and Rural NSW
__
  * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer *
  We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents
__
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