When I did my latest install of 8.2 on a new box, it was installed with a wireless mouse and keyboard from ChiefTec. The install recognize the wireless keyboard and mouse combo and it worked perfectly without any fiddling with the install. That combo died a few days ago and I had to replaced it with my prior combo of a Logitech Internet keyboard and Logitech TrackMan Marble FX mouse. Both are hardwired into the keyboard and mouse ports on the mobo, an Asus P4PE. While the keyboard works, mouse behavior is totally erratic to put it mildly. Jumping into YaST to configure doesn't work so far as YaST doesn't a) list the mouse or b) provide any identifiable changes when I try any selection and click accept. Any ideas as to how I get this combo to work would be greatly appreciated. tia, dave -- David C. Johanson Linux Counter # 116410 Powered by SuSE Linux 7.1 People who behold a phenomenon will often extend their thinking beyond it; people who merely hear about the phenomenon will not be moved to think at all. -- Goethe
On Monday 06 October 2003 08:34 pm, David Johanson wrote:
When I did my latest install of 8.2 on a new box, it was installed with a wireless mouse and keyboard from ChiefTec. The install recognize the wireless keyboard and mouse combo and it worked perfectly without any fiddling with the install. That combo died a few days ago and I had to replaced it with my prior combo of a Logitech Internet keyboard and Logitech TrackMan Marble FX mouse. Both are hardwired into the keyboard and mouse ports on the mobo, an Asus P4PE. While the keyboard works, mouse behavior is totally erratic to put it mildly. Jumping into YaST to configure doesn't work so far as YaST doesn't a) list the mouse or b) provide any identifiable changes when I try any selection and click accept.
Any ideas as to how I get this combo to work would be greatly appreciated.
tia,
dave --
Dave, Either drop down to init 3 and run sax2 or when booting at the Grub loader, type init 3 and run sax2. I've had a hit and miss using YaST to set these things and usually a good trip to sax2 will clear things up. If you are in KDE or Gnome, then do a ctrl-alt-F1 to get to your first terminal screen. Login as root, run sax2, go thru the settings, test, save. Back at the prompt, type: init 5 to get to your login screen. Good Luck Lee -- --- KMail v1.5.4 --- SuSE Linux Pro v8.2 --- Registered Linux User #225206 On any other day, that might seem strange...
Thanks Lee - I tried to work but NO keyboard in addition to the mouse made it a wee bit of a challenge. When the keyboard was working I tried init 3 from the boot loader which got me to a text screen, then root + login followed by init 3 and sax2. That gave me another graphical offering and a hard lock up. Soooo, I thought I'd just plug the old non working wireless set back in for grins and giggles and behold, a working combo. Go figure. I've ordered a replacement just because I certainly don't trust this combo, but for now I have 8.2 on my brides box up and running and configuring OOo 1.1 as I type this. Again thanks, dave BandiPat wrote:
On Monday 06 October 2003 08:34 pm, David Johanson wrote:
When I did my latest install of 8.2 on a new box, it was installed with a wireless mouse and keyboard from ChiefTec. The install recognize the wireless keyboard and mouse combo and it worked perfectly without any fiddling with the install. That combo died a few days ago and I had to replaced it with my prior combo of a Logitech Internet keyboard and Logitech TrackMan Marble FX mouse. Both are hardwired into the keyboard and mouse ports on the mobo, an Asus P4PE. While the keyboard works, mouse behavior is totally erratic to put it mildly. Jumping into YaST to configure doesn't work so far as YaST doesn't a) list the mouse or b) provide any identifiable changes when I try any selection and click accept.
Any ideas as to how I get this combo to work would be greatly appreciated.
tia,
dave --
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Dave,
Either drop down to init 3 and run sax2 or when booting at the Grub loader, type init 3 and run sax2. I've had a hit and miss using YaST to set these things and usually a good trip to sax2 will clear things up. If you are in KDE or Gnome, then do a ctrl-alt-F1 to get to your first terminal screen. Login as root, run sax2, go thru the settings, test, save. Back at the prompt, type: init 5 to get to your login screen.
Good Luck Lee
-- David C. Johanson Linux Counter # 116410 Powered by SuSE Linux 7.1 People who behold a phenomenon will often extend their thinking beyond it; people who merely hear about the phenomenon will not be moved to think at all. -- Goethe
On Mon, 06 Oct 2003 20:34:59 -0400
David Johanson
When I did my latest install of 8.2 on a new box, it was installed with a wireless mouse and keyboard from ChiefTec. The install
As hard as it may seem to believe I've at least a couple of mouse that behave that way on Linux and work "smoothly" on Windows. Considering the cost of such toys I just decided I'll never buy a mouse from those brand anymore... maybe they can be put at work, but I don't have time to waste for something I expect should work immediately. The ones that gave me problems and I remember of are a Primax and Labtec. Curiously a different very old wheel mouse by Primax works. Someone would say mice manufacturers should have their "freedom to innovate"... bhaaa. The problems you're having are a bit disappointing, I was used to "trust" Logitech. BTW I bought in HK a wonderfull A4 tech N button (where N is, let me check... 7 + wheel) mouse, USB optical. Is there a way to assign keyboard shortcuts to mouse buttons under KDE and/or Windowsmaker?
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