1. On the "lightning mouse" Go to /etc/X11/XF86Config and check the pointer
section
If you set the mouse to Glidepoint or to some special setting, change it to
PS/2 protocol on /dev/psaux
Second, back off on the screen settings. I am not sure why there is an
interaction here, but it happens at some time. Usually dropping the color
depth OR the resolution OR deleting all but the modeline you will use and then
tweaking the frequency and DACspeed settings slightly can produce a
better-behaved mouse with no apparent loss of resolution or color depth.
2. On the sound, well, first try reinstalling with sndconfig in single user
mode. Sometimes other services prevent the proper installation, and this
seems predominant in Notebooks. If that works, then likely your mixer will as
well
Naturally it would also be a good idea to check /tmp/install.log and assure
that the modules for the mixer and their dependencies all got loaded.
Civileme
Jeff Groves wrote:
> I just installed Mandrake 6.1 on my laptop (Compaq Prosignia 150).
>
> Everything installed cleanly, but I can't get the sound to work.
>
> I get an error message when I try the "aumix" program:
>
> # aumix
> aumix: error opening /dev/mixer: Success
>
> I get a similar error when I click on the mixer icon:
>
> kmix: could not open mixer
> Perhaps you have no permission to access the mixer device
> Login as root and do a 'chmod a+rw /dev/mixer*' to allow the access
>
> The permissions on /dev/mixer and /dev/mixer1 are OK.
>
> I think there may be some modules that are not getting loaded when I boot,
> but I don't know which ones to try.
>
> I'm also having trouble with the mouse (it's actually a touchpad) settings.
> The pointer moves too fast and jumps all over the place. I have set the
> mouse speed to the slowest setting, but it still moves too quickly. Are
> there any other configuration settings for the mouse? I tried
> 'mouseconfig' but it didn't fix the problem.
>
> Jeff
