On Sunday 14 March 2004 07:57 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
->Quoting John Zoetebier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
->> I booted my Toshiba laptop without the USB mouse plugged in.
->> In stead of detecting there is no mouse attached and using the TouchPad
->> Mandrake shows a new hardware dialog.
->> Not knowing what to do with it I click on cancel button.
->> Now I do not have a touchpad nor a mouse, regardless if I plug the mouse
->> in or not.
->> When I login with keybard only I have managed to start the hardware
->> configuration dialog.
->> However the tab key is not working in this dialog.
->> Is there any way I can get the mouse back ?
->>
->> --
->> John Zoetebier
->> Web site: http://www.transparent.co.nz
->
->Hi John,
->I'm not so sure why your notebook behaves like that. Because in mine, I
->usually plug and unplug my usb mouse without any problem. Yes, Mdk usually
->will ask about hardware configuration, and I always choose 'cancel'. If we
->choose 'Yes' it simply prensents us the configuration menu of the mouse.
->
->To solve your problem, I think you can use drakeconf, but first it's better
if ->you do it in text mode since your tab key doesn't work, use Ctrl+Alt+F2
to go ->to a console, and execute 'drakeconf' as root. TO go back to X,
press ->Ctrl+Alt+F7
->HTH,
->Fajar.
->
->
Guys, once you get the touchpad and USB mouse working the way you want it,
just go into the Mandrake Control Center, under services and turn off
"harddrake". Just remember to turn it back on if you do add any new hardware.
:-)
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