Willem.Smit@SANLAM.CO.ZA wrote: > I've just recently decided to move over to debian from redhat and i must > say i'm very impressed with deb. Anyway, I started by installing woody (I'm > still downloading the unstable images - gonna upgrade as soon as i got all > 10), I think you are confused. Woody is currently the stable release. Sid is unstable. Sarge is testing. Also, do I understand you are downloading 10 ISO images? You really don't need to do that. I assume you are on a network. Just get CD #1 and install from that. Downloading all of them is only needed if you are going to carry them to a non-networked location to install. The desert island test. You don't need them otherwise. > everything went well normal hiccups aside except for one thing. I > couldn't get my mouse to work ?! > I've got a Microsoft optical USB mouse, but for the sake of linux i plugged > it into the PS/2 port using a little USB->PS/2 port connector thingie. One of the disadvantages of the installer which has been discussed many times is the lack of automatic hardware detection. Of course this is also a strength too. The experienced admin knows what hardware is in the machine. For USB mice using a tuned modular kernel I have experimentally determined that I need these modules: modprobe hid modprobe mousedev Assuming that works then add them permanently to the /etc/modules file. You will need to restart 'gpm' and/or X11 at this point to know. echo hid >> /etc/modules echo mousedev >> /etc/modules Alternatively the 'modconf' program can be used to install those. Find them under kernel/drivers/usb and kernel/drivers/input. Bob
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