Re: [newbie] Mouse problems at boot
Steve, Are you saying I should try disabling the PNP in the BIOS? I'll try it and see how it goes. Yes the mouse is plugged into a PS2 port. Thanks! Gordon Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] 28/11/02 14:01:54 On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 09:46, Gordon Bradbury wrote: G'day all, I've just got a new P4 box at home, and successfully loaded xp and mandrake 9 onto it. I'm a long-time windows user, but this is my first exposure to linux/mandrake. I have a 2-button ps-2 mouse installed. The machine is developing the habit of sometimes not recognising the mouse when I boot up. This can happen either when I boot into xp or into Mandrake. The mouse just won't work. As I say, it's an intermittent problem. Doesn't happen all the time. I'm pretty confident that the mouse is OK, but will test it anyway. What other possible causes might there be?? Cheers, Gordon Hoabrt Tasmania There is a known issue with mice in the extreme southern hemisphere. Due to solar flares, Hobart is subjected to extremely high doses of anti-two-button-mouse rays and Victoria Bitters... Nah...sorry - what about checking your BIOS settings? I'm assuming that you're plugging into a PS/2 mouse port, correct? If you have the BIOS set for PNP OS's, you might be getting the intermittent problems from that - miscommunication through the port... -- Thu Nov 28 14:55:01 EST 2002 .o0 linux user:267497 0o. |____ | kühn media australia | / \ /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kühn | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |/ ._/ || | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | ;/ / | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU Coralament*Best Grötens*Liebe Grüße*Best Regards*Elkorajn Salutojn The little town that time forgot, Where all the women are strong, The men are good-looking, And the children above-average. -- Prairie Home Companion This transmission is intended solely for the person or organisation to whom it is addressed. It is confidential and may contain legally privileged information. If you have received this transmission in error, you may not use, copy or distribute it. Please advise us by return e-mail or by phoning 61 3 62338203 and immediately delete the transmission in its entirety. We will meet your reasonable expenses of notifying us. Despite our use of anti-virus software, Forestry Tasmania cannot guarantee that this transmission is virus-free. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mouse problems at boot
No, not necessarily, that depends on your windblows/bios relationship, you may need it. No, I'm saying mandrake does not need to look at your bios settings for pnp instruction, and the method I have described is the way to stop it doing it. John Gordon Bradbury wrote: Steve, Are you saying I should try disabling the PNP in the BIOS? I'll try it and see how it goes. Yes the mouse is plugged into a PS2 port. Thanks! Gordon Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] 28/11/02 14:01:54 On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 09:46, Gordon Bradbury wrote: G'day all, I've just got a new P4 box at home, and successfully loaded xp and mandrake 9 onto it. I'm a long-time windows user, but this is my first exposure to linux/mandrake. I have a 2-button ps-2 mouse installed. The machine is developing the habit of sometimes not recognising the mouse when I boot up. This can happen either when I boot into xp or into Mandrake. The mouse just won't work. As I say, it's an intermittent problem. Doesn't happen all the time. I'm pretty confident that the mouse is OK, but will test it anyway. What other possible causes might there be?? Cheers, Gordon Hoabrt Tasmania There is a known issue with mice in the extreme southern hemisphere. Due to solar flares, Hobart is subjected to extremely high doses of anti-two-button-mouse rays and Victoria Bitters... Nah...sorry - what about checking your BIOS settings? I'm assuming that you're plugging into a PS/2 mouse port, correct? If you have the BIOS set for PNP OS's, you might be getting the intermittent problems from that - miscommunication through the port... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mouse problems at boot
On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 09:46, Gordon Bradbury wrote: G'day all, I've just got a new P4 box at home, and successfully loaded xp and mandrake 9 onto it. I'm a long-time windows user, but this is my first exposure to linux/mandrake. I have a 2-button ps-2 mouse installed. The machine is developing the habit of sometimes not recognising the mouse when I boot up. This can happen either when I boot into xp or into Mandrake. The mouse just won't work. As I say, it's an intermittent problem. Doesn't happen all the time. I'm pretty confident that the mouse is OK, but will test it anyway. What other possible causes might there be?? Cheers, Gordon Hoabrt Tasmania There is a known issue with mice in the extreme southern hemisphere. Due to solar flares, Hobart is subjected to extremely high doses of anti-two-button-mouse rays and Victoria Bitters... Nah...sorry - what about checking your BIOS settings? I'm assuming that you're plugging into a PS/2 mouse port, correct? If you have the BIOS set for PNP OS's, you might be getting the intermittent problems from that - miscommunication through the port... -- Thu Nov 28 14:55:01 EST 2002 .o0 linux user:267497 0o. |____ | kühn media australia | / \ /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kühn | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |/ ._/ || | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | ;/ / | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU Coralament*Best Grötens*Liebe Grüße*Best Regards*Elkorajn Salutojn The little town that time forgot, Where all the women are strong, The men are good-looking, And the children above-average. -- Prairie Home Companion Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mouse problems at boot
G'day all, I've just got a new P4 box at home, and successfully loaded xp and mandrake 9 onto it. I'm a long-time windows user, but this is my first exposure to linux/mandrake. I have a 2-button ps-2 mouse installed. The machine is developing the habit of sometimes not recognising the mouse when I boot up. This can happen either when I boot into xp or into Mandrake. The mouse just won't work. As I say, it's an intermittent problem. Doesn't happen all the time. I'm pretty confident that the mouse is OK, but will test it anyway. What other possible causes might there be?? Cheers, Gordon Hoabrt Tasmania PS. I changed the lilo.conf so that it boots into xp by default now. A liittle help ( and better understanding) goes a long way! Thanks. This transmission is intended solely for the person or organisation to whom it is addressed. It is confidential and may contain legally privileged information. If you have received this transmission in error, you may not use, copy or distribute it. Please advise us by return e-mail or by phoning 61 3 62338203 and immediately delete the transmission in its entirety. We will meet your reasonable expenses of notifying us. Despite our use of anti-virus software, Forestry Tasmania cannot guarantee that this transmission is virus-free. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
