Just a thought BTW, if you end up having the whole thing installed but no
mouse support. We use the TouchPad from synaptics which emulates a PS/2
mouse so your /dev/mouse should be a symbolic link to /dev/psaux and you
should use PS/2 as protocol. There is a chance that Compaq have used a
similar philosophy. If you want to use an external mouse instead just plug
it into the mini-DIN connector before powering on the system or insert the
external mouse and do a suspend/resume You're not able to use both the
TouchPad and the external mouse at the same time.
--steve
/MyOwnOpinions/
-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen_Reilly at dell.com
[mailto:Stephen_Reilly at dell.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 1:24 PM
To: srigley at symantec.com
Cc: ilug at linux.ie
Subject: RE: [ILUG] Help!
Yeah if your not in expert mode it tries to detect lots of
things and gives
best guess for certain devices, you should try it this way
and see if then
you get the option of bypassing the mouse prob. Also if you
get really
bogged down you can install without X and get Linux itself
running before
installing X.
Don't even attempt GPM on the "nipple" until you get
some sort of
mouse working within X.
--steve
-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Rigley
[mailto:srigley at symantec.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 12:29 PM
To: Stephen_Reilly at exchange.dell.com
Cc: ilug at linux.ie; ilug at linux.ie
Subject: RE: [ILUG] Help!
OK, will try that...
I've no external cable for this machines
floppy. I was
installing from a Dos
partition using the patch initrd60.gz with
loadlin and
vmlinuz. No, I wasn't
installing in expert mode and at the time it
hung, I had
forgotten about the
virtual terminals! DOH!
Steve
Stephen_Reilly at dell.com on 13/10/99 12:22:48
To: Stephen
Rigley/Dublin/Ireland/SYMANTEC at SYMANTEC
cc: ilug at linux.ie
Subject: RE: [ILUG] Help!
Ok, you obviously have another machine
running at the
moment, otherwise you
wouldn't still be mailing us . . . Stick the
CD in that
machine, connect the
notebook, create a Linux boot disk. Boot the
laptop from the
bootdisk and
try to install over the network.
Have you got a cable for externally
connecting the floppy
drive ? As a
matter of interest how were you installing
in the first
place if the CD
isn't bootable, swapping the drives ? Also
were you
installing in expert
mode per chance ? And were there other
virtual terminals
available at the
time it hung. I.e. Alt-F3 to check whether
or not anything
was going on in
the background ?
--steve
-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Rigley
[mailto:srigley at symantec.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 13,
1999 12:12 PM
To:
Stephen_Reilly at exchange.dell.com
Cc: ilug at linux.ie; ilug at linux.ie
Subject: RE: [ILUG] Help!
Hmmm... the CDs don't seem to be
bootable.....
yeah, I'll
use that mouse fix
next time I get to that stage, its
getting to that
stage
that is the problem
though :-(
Stephen_Reilly at dell.com on
13/10/99 12:01:21
To: Stephen
Rigley/Dublin/Ireland/SYMANTEC at SYMANTEC
cc: ilug at linux.ie
Subject: RE: [ILUG] Help!
I wouldn't be hugely familiar with
Compaq products
but there
are 4 Compaq
notebooks listed in the URL I
sent:
Compaq LTE 5100
<http://www.schou.dk/linux/XF86Config>
Compaq LTE Lite 4/25
<http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~alexj/linux/LinuxCompaqLite425.html>
Compaq LTE Elite 4/40cx
<http://www.icubed.com/~hector29/linux.html>
Compaq LTE5000
<http://www.algonet.se/~rasan/linux.html>
I'm sure one of these would help
out no end. As
for the
mouse, yeah you
might want to try plugging in an
external and hope
it
doesn't simply confuse
the poor beast.
--steve
-----Original
Message-----
From: Stephen Rigley
[mailto:srigley at symantec.com]
Sent: Wednesday,
October 13, 1999
11:44 AM
To:
Stephen_Reilly at exchange.dell.com
Cc: ilug at linux.ie;
ilug at linux.ie
Subject: RE: [ILUG]
Help!
Compaq LTE 5300,
BIOS.....SystemSoft
Ver 2.0
Stephen_Reilly at dell.com
on 13/10/99
11:30:07
To: Stephen
Rigley/Dublin/Ireland/SYMANTEC at SYMANTEC
cc: ilug at linux.ie
Subject: RE: [ILUG]
Help!
What type of laptop is
it you're trying
to install
on ? Also
what version
BIOS ?
--steve
-----Original
Message-----
From:
Stephen Rigley
[mailto:srigley at symantec.com]
Sent:
Wednesday, October
13, 1999
11:01 AM
To:
Breathnach,
Proinnsias(Dublin)
Cc: 'ILUG';
'Stephen_Reilly at dell.com';
'ILUG'
Subject: RE:
[ILUG] Help!
OK, I've
checked the BIOS and
its not
possible to
boot from
the CD or to disable
the mouse :-(
Options are
running out....
ahhhhh....
"Breathnach,
Proinnsias(Dublin)"
<breatpro at MLE.CO.UK> on
13/10/99 10:55:44
To:
"'Stephen_Reilly at dell.com'"
<Stephen_Reilly at dell.com>,
Stephen
Rigley/Dublin/Ireland/SYMANTEC at SYMANTEC
cc: "'ILUG'"
<ilug at linux.ie>
Subject: RE:
[ILUG] Help!
I have the
same problem with
RH 6.0 on a
compaq
laptop,
where it freezes on
mouse
detection, even though
it works
perfectly on
RH 5.2
.... hmmmm
Anyhow, on the
install it
happens
consistantly and
before
the chance to
create a boot
(or rescue) disk
of any
sort ....
IIRC it also
completely locks
out the
keyboard
....
You might want
to try using an
external
mouse for
the
install (serial
*should* work
- and disable
the internal
one in
the
BIOS)....
Booting from
CD is also a good
idea
(even only if
it's
faster and more
reliable !)
...
Proinnsias
>
-----Original Message-----
> From:
Stephen_Reilly at dell.com
[SMTP:Stephen_Reilly at dell.com]
> Sent:
Wednesday, October
13, 1999
10:39
> To:
srigley at symantec.com;
ilug at linux.ie
> Subject:
RE: [ILUG]
Help!
>
> As long as
you put in the
CD-Rom you
should be
able to
boot from it. If
> not
> check your
BIOS boot
sequence and set
it to
CD-Rom first.
You don't need
> the
> floppy
drive. Next time
though you
might wanna
make a
recovery diskette.
> There again
you can also
take the CD
to another
machine
and create one
> there.
Although if you get
really
stuck, you do
work in
Symantec you could
> always go to
another machine
stick in
your
laptop
harddrive and Ghost
> something
over it to start
again from
scratch .
. . oh
yeah, don't try and
> autodetect
nipple mice.
>
> --steve
>
>
>
-----Original
Message-----
>
From: Stephen
Rigley
[mailto:srigley at symantec.com]
>
Sent: Wednesday,
October
13, 1999
9:53 AM
> To:
ilug at linux.ie
>
Subject: [ILUG]
Help!
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
I've tried
installing
RedHats Linux
(6.0) on
my laptop.
> I
partitioned the
> HD
with the swap and
the
native (getting
rid of
the dos
> partition).
The install
>
failed when it hung
trying to
detect my
mouse
(nipple type
> in centre of
keys).
> So,
now when I try
booting it
sayes "No
OS found"
!!!! I've
> tried using
a Dos
> Boot
Disk, but FDISK
sayes it
can find
no fixed
partitions.
> SO...... I'm
stuck!
> BTW,
installing a
different
version of
Linux is
out 'coz I
> have a
swappable
>
floppy and CDROM, so
I can't
install
from the
CDROM or HD
> ('coz I
can't see the
> HD
to copy the files
over!!!!!) Doh!
> Any
help
appreciated!
>
Please reply to my
e-mail
address (as
well as the
list) 'coz
> I haven't
>
subscribed
>
Cheers
>
Steve
>
>
>
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