How did you get SuSE 8 to install on your laptop? Which model is it? I tried to install it on an Inspiron 8200, and the installation crashed every time.
From: "Tucker, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Uug (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uug] laptop mouse woes Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 12:02:02 -0800
Hi all,
I just installed SuSE 8.0 on my Dell laptop. All is working well.
However, I had a Micro$oft wheel mouse attached when I did the install and I
seems to have created a problem. If in have the external mouse attached
when I boot, everything works fine. (including the touch pad on the laptop)
However, if it is not attached the touch pad doesn't work correctly. The
cursor jumps around uncontrollably.
I looked at the XF86Config file and it initially had this.
Section "InputDevice" Driver "mouse" Identifier "Mouse[1]" Option "ButtonNumber" "5" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "Name" "AutoDetected" Option "Protocol" "imps/2" Option "Vendor" "AutoDetected" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection
I changed it to:
Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse[1]" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "PS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" EndSection
And now the touch pad works fine if I boot without the wheel mouse attached
but has the same problems if I do have it attached. The wheel mouse doesn't
work ether.
For the last few weeks, I've been changing the XF86Config file depending
on if the wheel mouse is attached. While this works, its a pain. Does
anyone know how I can get one XF86Config file to work in all configurations?
I really like using the scroll wheel when I have it, but I don't like having
to change the config file when I don't.
dave
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