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DATE | 2002-08-02 |
FROM | Ruben I Safir
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SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] SUSE 8.0 Install, no mouse pointer visible.
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Run Sax again
The 5 pointer mouse works without truoble
Just select it.
On 2002.08.02 15:21 Vin wrote: > > I just installed SUSE 8.0 on my workstation. Let me say this: I have an > adaptec IDE raid card that was running W98SE, without Linux due to previous > versions not supporting the card outright, and I didn't want to risk data > loss adding drivers and reconfiguring the kernel to work with my Raid 5 > setup. So I was stuck with W98SE only on my main workstation, with all my > other servers running Linux. Due to IBM's crappy hard drives, and their > atrocious customer service, my workstation has been down for a while now. I > just went through about 24 torturous hours trying to get W98SE reinstalled > on the system (work already on the box with W98SE is too valuable to give up > W98SE right now), after replacing a hard drive (not IBM crap). Win98SE is > still not working correctly. After getting W98SE back on, I installed SuSE > 8.0 in a dual boot. The difference was unbelievable. No pain, no problems. > The install went without a hitch (except for mouse). Everything was detected > correctly, no drivers needed to be installed/reinstalled, I have access to > all partitions, the raid card was correctly detected and working fine, a > total pleasure to install. W98SE is limping badly, and hardly usable. > > SuSE 8.0 is MUCH easier to install compared to Windows without any doubt. > And I have installed Linux including Red Hat, Mandrake, SuSE and Slackware, > and at this point they are all superior to Windows 95/98/2000/advanced > server, the Windows OS's that I have installed repeatedly, or helped to > install. > > One problem with the SuSE install that I could use help on is the mouse. I > made the mistake of using an optical mouse (future power, 5 button) instead > of using a known 3 button mouse to go through the initial installation. The > mouse works, but the pointer is not visible. This is different than the > mouse problem I discussed a few months ago with 7.3 and the mouse dropping to > the left bottom corner, and activating the left button automatically whenever > moved. > > I tried using Yast to reconfigure the mouse, but there is no mouse detection > feature with Yast, only configuration of mouse options such as threshold, > etc. I also tried installing a two button with center scrolling, up/down > button when system was turned off, and then restarting system, and trying to > change options with Yast with no luck. The mouse selection during setup was > IBM/PS2 I believe. Other that going into the config file and picking from a > long list of mice options (the future power mouse is not an option), is there > any other way of redetecting a different mouse? > > Vin. > > ____________________________ > New Yorker Linux Users Scene > Fair Use - > because it's either fair use or useless.... > -- __________________________
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