Mandrake Linux help for a newbie [linux mandrake 8] [installed linux]
Q: Sup guys. I just installed Linux Mandrake 8.2 on my system for fun. I dual boot with Windows 2k Pro (which I used). Anyway, I have a few questions for you.
1 setup – I can not seem to get my USB mouse will work on Linux. During the installation detected my mouse fine, but now it does not seem it.
2 see – Ive had Win2k on my HD for a while and have just installed Linux as a dual boot OS. So now when I start my computer it gives me a Linux based OS Selector. I can have a few different options to choose Linux and to the bottom of the list is Windows NT. The preselection of linux starts. How can I (if possible) begins pre-selection of NT?
Thanks for the help. I have no idea what to do with Linux, I thought it would be fun to mess around with. Now I must figure out how: P do
Re:Run the command /sbin/lsmod to see what modules are loaded into your running kernel. For USB mouse (and keyboard) support, the following lines should be found in the output:
mousedev 3872 2
keybdev 1664 0 (unused)
hid 17760 0 (unused)
input 3072 0 [mousedev keybdev hid]
usb-uhci 20996 0 (unused)
usbcore 47616 1 [hid usb-uhci]
If they aren't there, then you'll have to configure Mandrake to load up the necessary USB modules upon boot-up. I would have suspected v. 8.2 would do it that by default.
On SuSE, these modules are actually loaded through an initrd.
edit:
Here's a SuSE document (http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/mlasars-mbanse_usbmouse.html) that has generic help applicable to Linux/X11.
Re:haha. funny u should mention the man pages, I just used them earlier this morning to fix the boot up problem. As for the mouse, I tried the gpm stop solution and nothing happened. I tried running the dev/mouse stuff, and nothing happened. And I'll lookup the X86Config when I get home later tonight. Thanks for the help again . This is really helping me learn the OS a bit more.
Re:How did you setup your mouse in /etc/X11/XF86Config?
/etc/lilo.conf to edit the file, /sbin/lilo to run it (must run as root).
Learn the "man" command. Its very important and will keep you from having to ask some stupid questions. "find" would be the command to look for files on the hard drive. After reading the man page, if you still have some questions about it ask away.
Re:Run "cat /dev/input/mice" or "cat /dev/mouse" and you should see some wird looking characters on the screen when you move or click the mouse.
Re:Whoa. Linux has excellent USB support.
You can try various things to do this. If gpm is running this could be causing it to stop. Go into a terminal window, and type"gpm stop". ( It should be in /etc/init.d ) Go back to the Desktop manager, and see if that works. That's usually a good reason a USB mouse is not working. If that doesn't work, try a different mouse setting.Re:thanks for the tip Omega, but one question … how do i do a search? :confused:
Not having a working mouse WAY slows down my poke and see tactics.
Looks like a USB to PS/2 converter is probably the only solution huh? I guess mandrake has no good USB support(?) thanks sean.
Re:I have no real help but when I tried mandrake I too had USB mouse problems (explorer 3.0) it would work for a few seconds then freeze, I solved it by getting a USB to PS2 adapter
Re:w00t, a question i can answer!!! ok, for the boot screen, you need to edit lilo.conf. Just set NT to default. After you do this, you need to run lilo. Both are in different locations so search for them. As for the mouse…
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