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Re: Missing memory and defunct rodent



Glyn Millington wrote:

>  I tried append="mem=160m" in lilo.conf, ran lilo and got a kernel panic -
>  not only the kernel let me tell you!  The bios knows it's there but
>  the kernel sn't picking it up.  What should I add to lilo.conf?

try 
append="mem=159M"

not sure if the capitalization matters or not but sometimes you need to
make it 1MB less then is installed. depends on the system.

> 
>  2. My mouse has died.  It is a ps2 mouse and my gpm.conf reads like this
> 
> device=/dev/gpmdata
> responsiveness=
> repeat_type=raw
> type=ps2
> append=""
> 
> Until the disaster above evrything worked - any hints as to what might be
> damaged?

i don't use gpm much but does it work when you set the device to
/dev/psaux ? and does the kernel detect the ps2 mouse?

nate


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