Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.0 doesn't recognize PS/2 mouse
The solution ... don't use a PS/2 mouse. Just plug in a $3.00 (I might have paid $4.00 for it) serial mouse into the serial port, Mandrake recognizes it on boot and off you go. This worked great (as a work-around). Of course, that eats up the one and only serial port, but at least I am able to run Linux-Mandrake 8.0. Now, all I have to do is get IBM's MWave modem and sound drivers and I should be in business. Thanks to Turgut Kalfaoglu over on the Expert mailing list for the tip. Of course, he's still trying to figure out how to get the builtin track-point to work. For some reason, this isn't turning out to be as trivial as one would think it should be.
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.0 doesn't recognize PS/2 mouse
On Wednesday 09 May 2001 13:09, you wrote: > You also won't find a working install. I tried the text install and it did > exactly what I figured it would do. It still doesn't recognize the PS/2 > mouse. Thus, you get the new 8.0 image, and you can't do a thing. > There goes two days worth of work. I'm just glad I didn't try an > upgrade on a real, working server. > > So for the time being, Mandrake 8.0 doesn't support, nor run on an IBM > Thinkpad, and presumably, any computer using a PS/2 mouse. > > Not quite so, I have MD 8.0 (and 7.2) before that on my Sony Vaio laptop, the touchpad on that is PS2, it also has a PS2 port for an external mouse - they both work (BTW so does a USB mouse but it's not "hot-swappable")
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.0 doesn't recognize PS/2 mouse
> So for the time being, Mandrake 8.0 doesn't support, nor run on an IBM > Thinkpad, and presumably, any computer using a PS/2 mouse. I have an MS Intellimouse, one of the most standard PS/2 mice on planet earth and the lm8 install process freezes on me when I select the only wheel mouse choice they have which is: Generic PS/2 wheel mouse. If I do the install using standard mouse, the install does work. Once I have finished the isntall I am able to change it to Generic PS/2 wheel mouse, and it does work. -- Kind regards, Hylton Clarke www.eBucks.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.0 doesn't recognize PS/2 mouse
Hi, I (Mandrake) was able to install my ps2 mouse, with wheel support during a regular installation of LM 8 on my desktop machine. It took a great deal of time for the install prog to 'sense' and configure the mouse. Actually around 2 minutes of continual, gentle movement of the mouse, including the wheel. Then all of a sudden, up pops the three button test screen and all is well. Patience seems to be the key here. BTW, this ps2 configuration lag was the same in LM 7.2. gently.gently. For those who check email headers, I use windows at work (won't let me wipe it out and run linux) but I'm working on it. Regards to all listites, Bill W. - Original Message - From: "A. Rick Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 10:09 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.0 doesn't recognize PS/2 mouse > You also won't find a working install. I tried the text install and it did > exactly what I figured it would do. It still doesn't recognize the PS/2 > mouse. Thus, you get the new 8.0 image, and you can't do a thing. > There goes two days worth of work. I'm just glad I didn't try an > upgrade on a real, working server. > > So for the time being, Mandrake 8.0 doesn't support, nor run on an IBM > Thinkpad, and presumably, any computer using a PS/2 mouse. > > At 12:22 PM 5/9/2001 -0700, you wrote: > >On Wednesday 09 May 2001 05:44, A. Rick Anderson wrote: > > > I successfully installed several versions of 7.2, including the latest freq > > > pack. However, the install program for 8.0 won't recognize either my > > > trackpoint, nor an attached PS/2 mouse. I've tried both. > > > > > > I am running on a IBM Thinkpad 600 with Max memory (298 MBytes I > > > believe). PS/2 Mouse support seems like a bizarre thing to break on a new > > > OS release. > > > > > >Speaking of bizarre things, all the other distros are activating the > >lm_sensors module by default. The IBM laptop owners who try to check battery > >power are in for a factory-return-for-new-motherboard level surprise. > > > >You will not find the lm_sensors loaded or activated by default on this > >distro. > > > >The bugfix for PS/2 keyboard without PS/2 mouse freezing the install was > >responsible for breaking this one. Since IBM has less than 5% market share > >on laptops, we don't have one readily available for testing. > > > >However, I did test an install and it worked fine, using > > > >F1 at the splash screen > > > >Then typing "text expert" without the quotes > > > >Then proceeding with text install... > > > >Civileme > >
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.0 doesn't recognize PS/2 mouse
That is good to know. The TP 600 is relatively old. At 04:42 PM 5/9/2001 -0700, you wrote: > All I have a PS/2 mouse on my Sony, desktop and I use > /dev/psaux. Have you tried that? How would I get to that during the install? > Did you upgrade your BIOS? And try setting PNP BIOS to no PNP. My BIOS is current, but it doesn't offer this option (at least not anywhere I can find). Oh well, I guess I'll either have to switch to Red-Hat, or stay with 7.2. Tx anyway. At 04:39 PM 5/9/2001 -0700, Civileme wrote: >On Wednesday 09 May 2001 10:09, A. Rick Anderson wrote: > > You also won't find a working install. I tried the text install and it did > > exactly what I figured it would do. It still doesn't recognize the PS/2 > > mouse. Thus, you get the new 8.0 image, and you can't do a thing. > > There goes two days worth of work. I'm just glad I didn't try an > > upgrade on a real, working server. > > > > So for the time being, Mandrake 8.0 doesn't support, nor run on an IBM > > Thinkpad, and presumably, any computer using a PS/2 mouse. > >Wrong--that is unique to the thinkpad, and I have an A20 working here WITH >Trakpoint, so the full impact of the situation is probably a very few models. > >Civileme > > > > > At 12:22 PM 5/9/2001 -0700, you wrote: > > >On Wednesday 09 May 2001 05:44, A. Rick Anderson wrote: > > > > I successfully installed several versions of 7.2, including the latest > > > > freq pack. However, the install program for 8.0 won't recognize either > > > > my trackpoint, nor an attached PS/2 mouse. I've tried both. > > > > > > > > I am running on a IBM Thinkpad 600 with Max memory (298 MBytes I > > > > believe). PS/2 Mouse support seems like a bizarre thing to break on a > > > > new OS release. > > > > > >Speaking of bizarre things, all the other distros are activating the > > >lm_sensors module by default. The IBM laptop owners who try to check > > > battery power are in for a factory-return-for-new-motherboard level > > > surprise. > > > > > >You will not find the lm_sensors loaded or activated by default on this > > >distro. > > > > > >The bugfix for PS/2 keyboard without PS/2 mouse freezing the install was > > >responsible for breaking this one. Since IBM has less than 5% market > > > share on laptops, we don't have one readily available for testing. > > > > > >However, I did test an install and it worked fine, using > > > > > >F1 at the splash screen > > > > > >Then typing "text expert" without the quotes > > > > > >Then proceeding with text install... > > > > > >Civileme
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.0 doesn't recognize PS/2 mouse
On Wednesday 09 May 2001 10:09, A. Rick Anderson wrote: > You also won't find a working install. I tried the text install and it did > exactly what I figured it would do. It still doesn't recognize the PS/2 > mouse. Thus, you get the new 8.0 image, and you can't do a thing. > There goes two days worth of work. I'm just glad I didn't try an > upgrade on a real, working server. > > So for the time being, Mandrake 8.0 doesn't support, nor run on an IBM > Thinkpad, and presumably, any computer using a PS/2 mouse. Wrong--that is unique to the thinkpad, and I have an A20 working here WITH Trakpoint, so the full impact of the situation is probably a very few models. Civileme > > At 12:22 PM 5/9/2001 -0700, you wrote: > >On Wednesday 09 May 2001 05:44, A. Rick Anderson wrote: > > > I successfully installed several versions of 7.2, including the latest > > > freq pack. However, the install program for 8.0 won't recognize either > > > my trackpoint, nor an attached PS/2 mouse. I've tried both. > > > > > > I am running on a IBM Thinkpad 600 with Max memory (298 MBytes I > > > believe). PS/2 Mouse support seems like a bizarre thing to break on a > > > new OS release. > > > >Speaking of bizarre things, all the other distros are activating the > >lm_sensors module by default. The IBM laptop owners who try to check > > battery power are in for a factory-return-for-new-motherboard level > > surprise. > > > >You will not find the lm_sensors loaded or activated by default on this > >distro. > > > >The bugfix for PS/2 keyboard without PS/2 mouse freezing the install was > >responsible for breaking this one. Since IBM has less than 5% market > > share on laptops, we don't have one readily available for testing. > > > >However, I did test an install and it worked fine, using > > > >F1 at the splash screen > > > >Then typing "text expert" without the quotes > > > >Then proceeding with text install... > > > >Civileme
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.0 doesn't recognize PS/2 mouse
All I have a PS/2 mouse on my Sony, desktop and I use /dev/psaux. Have you tried that? --- "A. Rick Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You also won't find a working install. I tried the > text install and it did > exactly what I figured it would do. It still > doesn't recognize the PS/2 > mouse. Thus, you get the new 8.0 image, and you > can't do a thing. > There goes two days worth of work. I'm just > glad I didn't try an > upgrade on a real, working server. > > So for the time being, Mandrake 8.0 doesn't support, > nor run on an IBM > Thinkpad, and presumably, any computer using a PS/2 > mouse. > > At 12:22 PM 5/9/2001 -0700, you wrote: > >On Wednesday 09 May 2001 05:44, A. Rick Anderson > wrote: > > > I successfully installed several versions of > 7.2, including the latest freq > > > pack. However, the install program for 8.0 > won't recognize either my > > > trackpoint, nor an attached PS/2 mouse. I've > tried both. > > > > > > I am running on a IBM Thinkpad 600 with Max > memory (298 MBytes I > > > believe). PS/2 Mouse support seems like a > bizarre thing to break on a new > > > OS release. > > > > > >Speaking of bizarre things, all the other distros > are activating the > >lm_sensors module by default. The IBM laptop > owners who try to check battery > >power are in for a > factory-return-for-new-motherboard level surprise. > > > >You will not find the lm_sensors loaded or > activated by default on this > >distro. > > > >The bugfix for PS/2 keyboard without PS/2 mouse > freezing the install was > >responsible for breaking this one. Since IBM has > less than 5% market share > >on laptops, we don't have one readily available for > testing. > > > >However, I did test an install and it worked fine, > using > > > >F1 at the splash screen > > > >Then typing "text expert" without the quotes > > > >Then proceeding with text install... > > > >Civileme > > __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.0 doesn't recognize PS/2 mouse
Did you upgrade your BIOS? And try setting PNP BIOS to no PNP. - Original Message - From: "A. Rick Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 10:09 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.0 doesn't recognize PS/2 mouse You also won't find a working install. I tried the text install and it did exactly what I figured it would do. It still doesn't recognize the PS/2 mouse. Thus, you get the new 8.0 image, and you can't do a thing. There goes two days worth of work. I'm just glad I didn't try an upgrade on a real, working server. So for the time being, Mandrake 8.0 doesn't support, nor run on an IBM Thinkpad, and presumably, any computer using a PS/2 mouse. At 12:22 PM 5/9/2001 -0700, you wrote: >On Wednesday 09 May 2001 05:44, A. Rick Anderson wrote: > > I successfully installed several versions of 7.2, including the latest freq > > pack. However, the install program for 8.0 won't recognize either my > > trackpoint, nor an attached PS/2 mouse. I've tried both. > > > > I am running on a IBM Thinkpad 600 with Max memory (298 MBytes I > > believe). PS/2 Mouse support seems like a bizarre thing to break on a new > > OS release. > > >Speaking of bizarre things, all the other distros are activating the >lm_sensors module by default. The IBM laptop owners who try to check battery >power are in for a factory-return-for-new-motherboard level surprise. > >You will not find the lm_sensors loaded or activated by default on this >distro. > >The bugfix for PS/2 keyboard without PS/2 mouse freezing the install was >responsible for breaking this one. Since IBM has less than 5% market share >on laptops, we don't have one readily available for testing. > >However, I did test an install and it worked fine, using > >F1 at the splash screen > >Then typing "text expert" without the quotes > >Then proceeding with text install... > >Civileme
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.0 doesn't recognize PS/2 mouse
You also won't find a working install. I tried the text install and it did exactly what I figured it would do. It still doesn't recognize the PS/2 mouse. Thus, you get the new 8.0 image, and you can't do a thing. There goes two days worth of work. I'm just glad I didn't try an upgrade on a real, working server. So for the time being, Mandrake 8.0 doesn't support, nor run on an IBM Thinkpad, and presumably, any computer using a PS/2 mouse. At 12:22 PM 5/9/2001 -0700, you wrote: >On Wednesday 09 May 2001 05:44, A. Rick Anderson wrote: > > I successfully installed several versions of 7.2, including the latest freq > > pack. However, the install program for 8.0 won't recognize either my > > trackpoint, nor an attached PS/2 mouse. I've tried both. > > > > I am running on a IBM Thinkpad 600 with Max memory (298 MBytes I > > believe). PS/2 Mouse support seems like a bizarre thing to break on a new > > OS release. > > >Speaking of bizarre things, all the other distros are activating the >lm_sensors module by default. The IBM laptop owners who try to check battery >power are in for a factory-return-for-new-motherboard level surprise. > >You will not find the lm_sensors loaded or activated by default on this >distro. > >The bugfix for PS/2 keyboard without PS/2 mouse freezing the install was >responsible for breaking this one. Since IBM has less than 5% market share >on laptops, we don't have one readily available for testing. > >However, I did test an install and it worked fine, using > >F1 at the splash screen > >Then typing "text expert" without the quotes > >Then proceeding with text install... > >Civileme
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.0 doesn't recognize PS/2 mouse
On Wednesday 09 May 2001 05:44, A. Rick Anderson wrote: > I successfully installed several versions of 7.2, including the latest freq > pack. However, the install program for 8.0 won't recognize either my > trackpoint, nor an attached PS/2 mouse. I've tried both. > > I am running on a IBM Thinkpad 600 with Max memory (298 MBytes I > believe). PS/2 Mouse support seems like a bizarre thing to break on a new > OS release. Speaking of bizarre things, all the other distros are activating the lm_sensors module by default. The IBM laptop owners who try to check battery power are in for a factory-return-for-new-motherboard level surprise. You will not find the lm_sensors loaded or activated by default on this distro. The bugfix for PS/2 keyboard without PS/2 mouse freezing the install was responsible for breaking this one. Since IBM has less than 5% market share on laptops, we don't have one readily available for testing. However, I did test an install and it worked fine, using F1 at the splash screen Then typing "text expert" without the quotes Then proceeding with text install... Civileme
[newbie] Mandrake 8.0 doesn't recognize PS/2 mouse
I successfully installed several versions of 7.2, including the latest freq pack. However, the install program for 8.0 won't recognize either my trackpoint, nor an attached PS/2 mouse. I've tried both. I am running on a IBM Thinkpad 600 with Max memory (298 MBytes I believe). PS/2 Mouse support seems like a bizarre thing to break on a new OS release.
