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On Thursday 08 Jul 2004 13:20, Julian Hall wrote:
Hi David, I'm getting the following (copied off the screen). I: Bus=0003 Vendor=0680 Product=0002 Version=0100 N: Name="0680:0002" P: Phys=usb-0000:00:1f.2-2/input0 H: Handlers=mouse0 event1 ts0
OK, so that's the touch pad, but it doesn't know what it's name is (compare to my entry in last e-mail) so possibly your kernel doesn't support it, which would explain why the X module can't find it.
In XFConfig-4 the device is Mouse1 and I notice the Handler above is mouse0. Could this be the cause of the problem? I've edited the config to change references to Mouse1 to mouse0 in the device and layout. Still crashed out saying:
This shouldn't be a problem.
BTW when I load MDK10 onto the laptop it runs like an absolute dog (by this I mean at least 5 minutes opening Mandrake Control Panel for example), bearing in mind it`s a PIII 850 with 256Mb RAM, and even on my friend's PIII 450 desktop it runs comparable to Windows 98 on the same box. This happens every time I install it. Any ideas why?
Sounds like it's a DNS problem to me. Take a look in your /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf. Your hosts file should contain not only 127.0.0.1 along with the machine's hostname, but also the local network IP and hostname. Also make sure your nameservers listed in /etc/resolv.conf are reachable and correct. So it sounds like your kernel version doesn't support your specific variation of touchpad. The first thing I'd suggest is to do a Mandrake update and see if there's a newer kernel available which may fix it. If there isn't, then you're pretty much knackered. I don't think compiling your own kernel is an option either, as Mandrake do lots of strange things to their kernels so lots of messing around is needed to make a standard kernel work with the system. So I think your options are: - 1. Bring it along to a meeting and see if anyone can get it working for you 2. Forget about the touchpad and use a mouse (mine works, but I prefer to use a proper mouse anyway) 3. Try different distros to see if any work 4. Install a distro which will work with standard kernels (e.g. Fedora, Debian) and compile your own kernel What brand and model is your laptop? I'd think your pad is almost certainly supported by the latest 2.6 kernel, but if it's especially new it may not be... Hope this helps, David. -- David Johnson http://www.david-web.co.uk/ -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.