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Re: debian install



On Fri, 2003-05-09 at 15:35, ivan valdes wrote:
> guys i hate to say it but the deb install of the latest distro is 
> beating me up badly, but i refuse to quit. i need help, i go through the 
> install and have had problems getting the gui to work. at least this 
> last time the screen popped up and subsequently crashed. most of the 
> problems seem to stem from the mouse. originally i used a usb logitech 
> optical and couldn't even get to first base with the gui so i changed to 
> a ps/2, similar to an intellimouse , and at least the gui popped up 
> though briefly, most of the error messages were from the mouse end.
> can somebody please showme how a usb mouse(going back with it) is 
> configured? i posted this query already and had a quick response from 
> the audience which helped but i'm still stuck.
> i use a 7cd set to install and run all 7 in the scan, do they have to be 
> reinserted again for the unpacking and  set up phase? this time it asked 
> for 2 of them, don't know if i should have run them again though the 
> program didn't ask for any others. thanks for your responses.
> 

usb needs the correct kernel drivers. ive found instructions via google:
"usb mouse linux"

matt zagrabelny



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