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List:       suse-linux-e
Subject:    RE: [SLE] SuSE v8 Booting WinME & Mouse Problems
From:       "keith" <keith () kelso5 ! freeserve ! co ! uk>
Date:       2002-04-27 8:35:30
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Hi Tor

Well I have tried both with no luck; FDISK /MBR using a newly generated
WinME boot disk produced the same outcome. I think the original MBR has been
superseded several times with my re-installing SuSE to try and get the mouse
working. So don't know where to go from here, but at least I can get into
WinME with a Diskette, so what the hell if I can get Linux working properly.
But it would be nice to get this booting fixed.

Secondly I managed to edit /etc/X11/XF8Config, somewhat difficult without a
mouse and not knowing the keyboard commands, but following the restart of X
I was presented with a text login screen as apposed to the GUI. This is
where I call for help not knowing enough about Linux.

Where can I find a list of commands, DIR and CD seem universal but what of
COPY and MKDIR (haven't tried this one)?


-----Original Message-----
From: Tor Sigurdsson [mailto:tosi@orku.net]
Sent: 26 April 2002 23:31
To: suse-linux-e@suse.com
Subject: Re: [SLE] SuSE v8 Booting WinME & Mouse Problems


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Hi,

keith (föstudagur 26. apríl 2002 22:16)
> Hi all
>
> Sorry but here comes another new Linux user and I have two problems.

Don't be sorry about that :) New users are always welcome, and even the
experts have problems on occations :-)

>
> The first, I loaded SuSE version 8 Personal on my system running Windows
ME
> and unfortunately I can now not boot Win ME unless I use a floppy disc.
> Using the Lilo menu just produces a screen flicker and drops back to the
> menu. Because of the next problem I have tried to re-install SuSE on four
> occasions so guess trying Lilo -u/dev/hda, which I have tried, is not
going
> to restore the original boot block is not going to work.

Boot off of a DOS floppy disk, and type in ( in a DOS prompt ):

	FDISK /MBR

Which fixes your master boot record. ( It also breaks the Lilo boot record,
so you better have a copy of that beforehand, f.ex. with a linux boot
diskette
- - see the SuSE manuals about that, I'm not lucky enough to have SuSE 8.0
yet,
so any directions from my 7.3 system might be misdirections on SuSE 8... )

>
> Secondly I am using a Logitech cordless keyboard and mouse. During the
> installation SuSE used the following mouse driver, Intelli/Wheelmouse
> (Aux-Port), without problem but after re-booting the mouse no longer
works.
> The auto detect reports the same mouse has been found but the mouse
refuses
> to work. I managed to get into Xterm-2 but although this also shows the
> Intelli/Wheelmouse (Aux-port) there seems to be no way of making it work.
>
> Can anyone suggestions gratefully received.

Edit the file /etc/X11/XF86Config

Change the following section:
	Section "InputDevice"
		Driver "mouse"

So that:
	Option	"Device" "whatever..."
becomes:
	Option	"Device" "/dev/usbmouse"

and
	Option	"Protocol" "whatever..."
becomes:
	Option	"Protocol" "imps/2"

Then when you have saved the new version ( always take a backup of important
files first before editing them :) restart X by pressing CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE

Have fun :)

- -tosi

>
> Regards
> Keith Jacobs
> baggarley@one-name.org
> Member of East Surrey & London & North Middlesex
> Family History Societies and the
> Guild of One-Name Studies
> For more information see www.maestrocompserv.co.uk/baggarley

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