ktambascio Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 Hi, I tried to install 10.1 on my AMD box, but X will not work properly. I have a Microsoft intellimouse explorer USB mouse connected to that box. When the X installer begins, any movement of the mouse causes the cursor to move erradically all over the screen. Therefore, the mouse cannot be used during installation at all. I tried to begin using the text installer, but I wasn\'t sure if the mouse would work at all after install, so I just gave up. I\'ve installed Fedora and Suse on that box and they detected the mouse and it behaved properly. But I\'d really like to have mandrake on that machine if possible. Is there any command line options I can pass to the installer to get this to work right? Thanks in advance, Kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 Couple of questions: usb mouse? Can you make it to the mouse selection section using the keyboard? Even after an installation, a mouse can be added anytime. Don't worry about that part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktambascio Posted December 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 Couple of questions: usb mouse? Can you make it to the mouse selection section using the keyboard? Even after an installation, a mouse can be added anytime. Don't worry about that part. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes, its a USB mouse. I also tried one of those freebie Dell mice that I have (USB also), and they weren't detected. I didn't even get to the mouse selection dialog. The first graphical screen that came up, I think was for the language selection, and if you moved the mouse, the cursor would immediatly start jumping around. I have had this problem with Fedora, and the fix was to change the mouse protocol to something else in the x.org config file. Of course, I don't remember what that change was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamw Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 You can run the entire installation routine with a keyboard (this is a matter of policy, and if you find anything in the installer which can't be done with a keyboard it'd be considered a bug). Use standard keyboard interface commands; tab to switch between elements, up and down arrows, enter / space to select or enter, et cetera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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