How to Auto-Detect Hardware after Installation?
Hello, I am running 8.1 professional. Is there a way to auto-detect hardware after SuSE has been installed? SuSE was installed and running fine, but then I decided to run SAX to see what is was all about. I know, it's a bad idea to run a program when you don't know exactly what it does, but I couldn't find manual pages for it, and curiosity got the best of me. At any rate, I cancelled SAX while it was running, and then my mouse no longer worked. I fumbled through YaST and attempted to re-configure the mouse, but being a newbie, I had no idea which setting to select. All I know is that I have a 2-button PS/2 mouse with a round plug (with about a half dozen prongs) at the end. I knew the mouse does not plug into a USB port, a serial port, or a parallel port (I know what they are), so I guessed it plugs into an auxiliary port. So I chose Intelli/Wheel mouse with Auxiliary port in YaST, and the mouse seems to be working correctly. But I still have some doubts whether I made the correct selection. Is there any way I can get SuSE to auto-detect the mouse, the same way it did during the installation process? Thanks very much for your help! Dom -- ______________________________________________ http://www.linuxmail.org/ Now with POP3/IMAP access for only US$19.95/yr Powered by Outblaze
DI> SuSE was installed and running fine, but then I decided to run SAX DI> to see what is was all about. I know, it's a bad idea to run a DI> program when you don't know exactly what it does, but I couldn't I know if I go to Yast2 | Hardware, the message says probing, but I think this only builds an informational list. I noticed some interesting items in the online suse database. "X Server Configuration with SaX2" http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/wessels_sax2.html sax2 -f = Makes sure that the hardware is checked even if hardware data is already available. This -f option has been already implemented in the sax2 command in SuSE Linux 7.2 or higher. If you want to disable the hardware detection, please use the -q option http://sdb.suse.de/cgi-bin/sdbsearch_en.cgi?stichwort=sax2+mouse Checkout, "X Server Configuration with SaX2 (8.1 or higher) (07.11.2002)". You can find additional information on sax2 in the Administration manual, do a "man sax2", or in /usr/share/doc/packages/. sax2 can be run from the console. If it were me, I'd try to run sax2 again and then I think I would really study the database entry above and start applying some of their solutions for known problems. Good luck. -- __________________________ DJ mailto: linux_programmer@hotmail.com
Well, about a week ago I plugged in 2nd cdrom drive. Upon booting it was detected and then after I logged into KDE it announced it had found new hardware and if I would like to install/config it. I did, it worked, brought up YaST2 and then popped up the new hardware module. Just like it's supposed to, YMMV depending on the hardware your trying to install. Cheers, Curtis. On Sunday 10 November 2002 23:46, DJ wrote:
DI> SuSE was installed and running fine, but then I decided to run SAX DI> to see what is was all about. I know, it's a bad idea to run a DI> program when you don't know exactly what it does, but I couldn't
I know if I go to Yast2 | Hardware, the message says probing, but I think this only builds an informational list.
I noticed some interesting items in the online suse database.
"X Server Configuration with SaX2" http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/wessels_sax2.html
sax2 -f = Makes sure that the hardware is checked even if hardware data is already available. This -f option has been already implemented in the sax2 command in SuSE Linux 7.2 or higher. If you want to disable the hardware detection, please use the -q option
http://sdb.suse.de/cgi-bin/sdbsearch_en.cgi?stichwort=sax2+mouse Checkout, "X Server Configuration with SaX2 (8.1 or higher) (07.11.2002)".
You can find additional information on sax2 in the Administration manual, do a "man sax2", or in /usr/share/doc/packages/. sax2 can be run from the console. If it were me, I'd try to run sax2 again and then I think I would really study the database entry above and start applying some of their solutions for known problems.
Good luck.
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Curtis Rey
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DJ
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Dom Incollingo