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Hi again :) I bit the bullet and reinstalled Mandrake 10 on the laptop using Expert mode as Paul suggested. I chose "Standard" under the PS/2 options for the mouse (I can't see any way to actually specify psaux?). When it loaded, predictably the trackpad would not work again, as the device was set to "mouse". I set it to "psaux", but still no joy. Any suggestions? (other than a new laptop, although this one is on its' last legs anyway). Also, Grant, I tried to make ISOs of the UT2003 disks but disk 1 won't complete. I have a nasty feeling it is corrupted as it now fails the install at the same file every time, and does not even get as far as it used to. Kind regards, Julian On Sat, 2004-06-12 at 23:46, Julian Hall wrote:
Hi Simon, Well I got NFS working which I'm happy about. A bit of Googling gave me what I needed to know :) So now desktop and laptop both talk to each other in NFS and in Samba (needed as the desktop dual-boots Windows XP). Sad but necessary until I get a workable solution to the printer issue. So that's 1 down, 3 to go. Unfortunatelly the trackpad still is not playing :( I tried selecting "PS/2" instead of "IMPS/2" as you suggested. No error about not liking it, but the trackpad still doesn`t react at all TallPaul, you mentioned selecting psaux during the installation. Seeing as I only put Mandrake on the laptop yesterday, reinstalling would not be *too* troublesome. How did you select it, as I don't recall seeing it as an option? Kind regards, Julian On Sat, 2004-06-12 at 03:28, Simon Waters wrote:-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Julian Hall wrote: | Hi Simon, | | Thanks for the reply. NFS is what I thought it would be, but I just | wanted to check :) | | As for the trackpad I've currently got the XF86Config-4 with | | Protocol: "IMPS/2" | Device: "/dev/psaux" Try "PS/2" from memory - I always try the various X configurators before editting the file by hand - just back up the XF86Config each time. I think only one recent machine didn't fall to one of the automatic XF86Config generating tools. | Originally the device was "/dev/mouse" but performance is the same | either way, IOW none. | | There is something on this page: | | http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/qsynaptics | | saying it does not work with a 2.6 kernel, and suggesting adding nodes | due to a possible incomplete /dev directory. It says to look at | proc/bus/input/devices to work out how many nodes I need. | | Unfortunately I understand the words but the sentences escape me. Could | you (or anyone) put that into English for me please? It is just saying you may need to use the "mknod" command to make some device files (files in /dev) by the sound of it. Problem with mknod is the command is specific to the driver so you'll have to read the documentation to find out which "mknod" commands to type. I would persist with the PS/2 route myself - I got the PS/2 support working before trying out specific synaptic support, but that is based on limited experience on other hardware. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Using GnuPG with Debian - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFAyrCrGFXfHI9FVgYRAmEIAJ9Q1iwVH1NEu9m3NdKBA72t8Zb++ACgzqo/ hW8GxKKJA8+QIk1YE58ez6Q= =3znm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.-- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.
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