Thanks. I'll try the USB thing.
Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Registered Linux user 183185
----- Original Message -----
From: dallard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 6:21 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] Fw: [newbie] Minor post install "problems"
> Jeff
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Stop USB from automatically starting. In X you can click on DrakConf,
go
> to startup services, and deselect USB. Also make sure USB is turned off in
> your bios.
> Check the next time you reboot to see if you still get the same
message.
>
> As for your other questions, I have the same numlock problem that you
> have.
> I also use a microsoft intellimouse and I have had problems with it
> also (I am using Mandrake 7.0)
> When all esle fails blame M$
>
> Jeff Malka wrote:
>
> > I could not get an answer to this in the newbie list and therefore
thought
> > to try the Expert list. I hope you will forgive the cross posting.
> >
> > Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Registered Linux user 183185
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: Linux Newbie Mandrake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 6:54 PM
> > Subject: [newbie] Minor post install "problems"
> >
> > > After weeks of fighting to get TurboLinux 6 to work correctly (too
many
> > > problems to list) I dumped it and went to Mandrake 7.1 What a
> > difference!
> > > In 2 hours, it was installed, the printer was working and I was on the
> > > internet without a hiccup. Now I can spend my time trying to learn
Linux
> > > instead of trying to debug a distribution.
> > >
> > > What problems I have are so minor that I could live without solving
them
> > if
> > > I had to. But here goes:
> > >
> > > 1 When booting up I get a message about failing to detect the USB
> > > interface. That is because I do not have USB on this PC. How do I
stop
> > > Mandrake from looking for the USB?
> > >
> > > 2. Even though numlock was selected to be on during install (I think),
it
> > is
> > > not on when KDE is up. How do I correct this?
> > >
> > > 3. On shutting dows, I get a message that it failed: "saving mixer
> > settings:
> > > error opening mixer". What is that? I do not have sound configured
yet.
> > > It is the one thing I could not get to work. I have a Sound Blaster
PNP
> > Pro
> > > 16 with Interrupt 5, DMA 1, DMA 16 5 and MPU 330. Even though I
entered
> > > these numbers, still no sound. Any thoughts?
> > >
> > > 4. I have a PS/2 microsoft intellimouse. Yet when I select it as the
one
> > to
> > > chose (both as root and as user), the selection does not "stick" and
when
> > I
> > > reopen the config tool I see that it is still at generic PS/2. What
am I
> > > doing wrong?
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help for these relatively "minor" problems.
> > >
> > > Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Registered Linux user 183185
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
