[SLE] Problems After SuSE 6.4 Install
I am a beginning Linux user and am having a serious problem after a YaST2 install of SuSE 6.4 My system is a Micron Pentium III at 733 mhz with 128 mb RAM, an Nvidia GeForce video card and Microsoft Intellimouse (USB connected.) Before installing, I partitioned my drive (27 GB) using Partition Magic 5. I have tried installing three times now all with the same result. The install seems successful. At the end of the install, I can successfully log into the KDE desktop and I see icons for my configuration and the mouse works fine. However, whenever I re-boot using either the boot floppy created during the install or using Boot Magic (Partition Magic), when I get to the login panel, my mouse is useless. If I continue to sign in anyway, the KDE desktop now does not contain any icons from my desktop configuration. At this point, I am lost - I do not know how to navigate using just the keyboard and I end up having to power off/power on. Any suggestions will be appreciated. I did contact SuSE tech Support back on Saturday (April 29). They offer 60 day support but apparently a lot of those days will be wasted just waiting for a response from them. I have been trying to read the main SuSE manual for hints as to what is wrong but it's not real friendly to a beginner. I also purchased the book 'Running Linux' but so far I haven't found anything like my situation. ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
The install seems successful. At the end of the install, I can successfully log into the KDE desktop and I see icons for my configuration and the mouse works fine.
However, whenever I re-boot using either the boot floppy created during the install or using Boot Magic (Partition Magic), when I get to the login panel, my mouse is useless. If I continue to sign in anyway, the KDE desktop now does not contain any icons from my desktop configuration. At this point, I am lost - I do not know how to navigate using just the keyboard and I end up having to power off/power on.
You don't say what makes your mouse "useless". Do you get a mouse pointer? Does it move in response to the mouse? Does anything happen when you click a button (a menu, or a drag line)? In Yast did you configure gpm? If so, switch it off. I can upset X in some cases. When you get stuck, don't just hit the power button. Hit Ctrl-Alt-F1, log in as root and shutdown neatly (with "shutdown -fr now" (without the quotes)). -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
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Robert Anderson
I am a beginning Linux user and am having a serious problem after a YaST2 install of SuSE 6.4
My system is a Micron Pentium III at 733 mhz with 128 mb RAM, an Nvidia GeForce video card and Microsoft Intellimouse (USB connected.)
Before installing, I partitioned my drive (27 GB) using Partition Magic 5.
I have tried installing three times now all with the same result.
The install seems successful. At the end of the install, I can successfully log into the KDE desktop and I see icons for my configuration and the mouse works fine.
However, whenever I re-boot using either the boot floppy created during the install or using Boot Magic (Partition Magic), when I get to the login panel, my mouse is useless. If I continue to sign in anyway, the KDE desktop now does not contain any icons from my desktop configuration. At this point, I am lost - I do not know how to navigate using just the keyboard and I end up having to power off/power on.
Any suggestions will be appreciated.
I did contact SuSE tech Support back on Saturday (April 29). They offer 60 day support but apparently a lot of those days will be wasted just waiting for a response from them.
I have been trying to read the main SuSE manual for hints as to what is wrong but it's not real friendly to a beginner. I also purchased the book 'Running Linux' but so far I haven't found anything like my situation.
I have a similar experience. The mouse works during the install, but fails to work on reboot. The pointer appears in the middle of the screen but the mouse does not move it, neither is there any reaction to mouse button presses. I used SaX from outside KDE and was unable to get the mouse to move. It is a standard Logitech PS/2 Pilot Mouse (which worked with 6.2) and I have it set to protocol "PS/2" and device "/dev/psaux". My experience with SuSE Tech Support is similar; I am still awaiting a reply. -- Andrew Tuson -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
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