Re: Several Q's

1997-12-12 Thread Oliver Elphick
Matthew Majka wrote: >I'd like to thank everyone who answered my request for >information. The fix was easy; hold down button 1 during >boot and set the protocol to MouseSystems... and the >documentation was on my system all along. The more I use >Linux, the more I am amazed at the qual

Re: Several Q's

1997-12-12 Thread Matthew Majka
On 11 Dec 1997, Ben Pfaff wrote: [stuff removed] > Did you try reading through the 3-button-mouse howto in > /usr/doc/HOWTO/mini? I'd like to thank everyone who answered my request for information. The fix was easy; hold down button 1 during boot and set the protocol to MouseSystems... and the

Re: Several Q's

1997-12-12 Thread Ben Pfaff
Larry Gariepy wrote: > > Matthew, > The problem with your mouse might not be your mouse, but the way that > it is configured. I have had to jump through all of the mouse hoops a lot > recently to get mine to work. A possible solution is that there might be > a switch on

Re: Several Q's

1997-12-12 Thread Raymond A. Ingles
On Wed, 10 Dec 1997, Matthew Majka wrote: > No switches on the mouse and the XF86Config file is bare. I > believe I used XF86Setup and it's various mouse options to > try to get the middle button to work with no luck. Some mice require that you hold the middle mouse button down during powerup.

Re: Several Q's

1997-12-10 Thread Matthew Majka
Larry Gariepy wrote: > > Matthew, > The problem with your mouse might not be your mouse, but the way that > it is configured. I have had to jump through all of the mouse hoops a lot > recently to get mine to work. A possible solution is that there might be > a switch on the bottom of the mou

Re: Several Q's

1997-12-10 Thread Oliver Elphick
Matthew Majka wrote: > >This first is that when I run 'xconsole', it returns "cannot open >/dev/console". In your .xsession (or .xinitrc), or in the global file /etc/X11/Xsession put: xconsole -file /dev/xconsole -exitOnFail & > >Also, can anyone recommend a decent three-button mou

Re: Several Q's

1997-12-10 Thread Larry Gariepy
On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, Matthew Majka wrote: > Hi all, > > I've got Debian 1.3.1 installed on a PC at home and am having two minor > problems. > > This first is that when I run 'xconsole', it returns "cannot open > /dev/console". > > The second is that 'w', 'who', and 'finger' never displays any

Re: Several Q's

1997-12-10 Thread dale . jones
On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, Matthew Majka wrote: > > Also, can anyone recommend a decent three-button mouse (serial or > ps/2). The middle button on my current mouse doesn't work. > I think I picked up a little Memorex mouse from Target several years ago for less than $20. It's MS or Mouse Systems

Several Q's

1997-12-10 Thread Matthew Majka
Hi all, I've got Debian 1.3.1 installed on a PC at home and am having two minor problems. This first is that when I run 'xconsole', it returns "cannot open /dev/console". The second is that 'w', 'who', and 'finger' never displays any users. Does anyone have any solutions to these problems. If