I've got a Latitude C600. I installed from the SuSE 8.0 CDs with no problems. Where does your install crash at?
dave -----Original Message----- From: Ryan Bowman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 3:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [uug] laptop mouse woes 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 > >____________________ >BYU Unix Users Group >http://uug.byu.edu/ >___________________________________________________________________ >List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
