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2002-10-21 Thread Billy Bump
I have just completed installing debian3.0 on my laptop. The touchpad does not work so i use a microsoft usb trackball. this trackball worked in my previous linux mandrake install. When i try to startx it fails and most of the error messages are about the mouse not being present. anybody have

x start

2002-10-21 Thread Billy Bump
install on a different computer so i know what you are telling me to look for its just not there. I tried the ps ax | grep [g]pm i got no wessage back i tried ps ax | grep gpm and i got 961 tty1 s 0:00 grep gpm Billy Bump wrote: The laptop is a gateway 2300 p200 with neomagic video card