Linux-Hardware Digest #593, Volume #10 Sat, 26 Jun 99 01:13:36 EDT
Contents:
Re: isdn card for linux... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Actiontec PCI Modems supported? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Thinkpad 570 sound problem (Bruno Raoult)
Re: HELP formatting a ZIP disk (Darryl Bryant)
Re: Socket 7 MOBO recommendation (Viper)
Damn PNP modem... (Equinaux)
Re: Monitor dies while installing Redhat 5.2 ("Gene Heskett")
Re: Monitor dies while installing Redhat 5.2 ("Gene Heskett")
Re: Need guidance with Scanner type (Michael Meissner)
Re: Motorola SM56 ne1 get this too work? (Jon Kee)
Re: Need guidance with Scanner type (Michael Meissner)
Re: Adding SCSI tape to Redhat 6.0 (Michael Meissner)
Re: HP2000C (Fire martial Bill)
Re: New to SCSI (Michael Meissner)
Re: Overclocking CPU (Richard)
Re: New to SCSI (Michael Meissner)
Brother HL-1040 under Linux (Nick Ng)
SCSI controller for scanner (Vinh Le)
Re: Spinning down scsi disks : mailing list (Fire martial Bill)
Microsoft Intellimouse Problems ("Tarik Bida")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.dcom.isdn
Subject: Re: isdn card for linux...
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 22:27:01 GMT
thanks for the feedback... the stac compression does suck, doesn't it?
Also, are you having NAT and/or IP routing problems? That's one of the
reasons I want to get rid of mine. It used to work just fine, now a lot
of the time if I connect, then disconnect, the next time I have data bound
for my ISP, it doesn't go... It'll bring the ISDN connection back up, but
the NAT table didn't get refreshed or something... if I manually
disconnect the ISDN and let the traffic bring it back up, it almost always
works. Also, the MP stopped working all of a sudden too. I've read the
book cover to cover practically and been through all the menus, and
couldn't make it work. I have a networking background (wrote ISDN
microcode for routers) so you'd think I could make it work. Anyway,
thanks again for the feedback.
Brent
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Actiontec PCI Modems supported?
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 01:52:35 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Is anyone aware of special trickery you'd have to use to install an
> Actiontec PCI v.90 modem in a Linux box? "cat /proc/pci" sees
> *something* in the slot with a Rockwell chipset, but won't dial.
>
> I've tried all the possible numbers for /dev/cua_ , and relinked
> /dev/modem to those. The card is apparently supported under SCO
> UnixWare and IBM OS/2, so I imagine that it could work under a Linux
box
> too. Sadly, the instructions describe installing it through
specialized
> SCO tools.
>
> Any ideas out there? a PCI modem seems like a terrific idea to me.
>
What model of PCI modem do you have???
John
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From: Bruno Raoult <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Thinkpad 570 sound problem
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 02:20:27 +0000
Hi,
I have a thinkpad 570, with Suse 6.1 (kernel 2.2.7) installed, and cannot
get any sound. I tried alsa without success, even if the chipset seems to
be supported.
Kernel soundblaster driver does not work too: My last try game me the
following error while loading the sb module:
Jun 26 08:41:59 helliconia kernel: Soundblaster audio driver Copyright (C) by Hannu
Savolainen 1993-1996
Jun 26 08:41:59 helliconia kernel: sb: dsp reset failed.
Jun 26 08:41:58 helliconia insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.7/misc/sb.o: init_module: Device
or resource busy
Jun 26 08:41:58 helliconia insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.7/misc/sb.o: insmod char-major-14
failed
Did someone have success in sound setup?
Thank you for your answers, I absolutely *need* to play civctp with sound!!!
Bruno.
--
If it happens once, it's a bug.
If it happens twice, it's a feature.
If it happens more than twice, it's a design philosophy.
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From: Darryl Bryant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP formatting a ZIP disk
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 08:58:06 +1000
Wendell Craig wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I munged up a ZIP disk so badly that I figured I'd bulk erase it and
> re-format. Now I can't get the cussed thing to even be recognized
> enough for a low-level format!
>
> Any tips?
personally, considering their cost, I would turn it into a coaster and buy
a new one, But if you want to try... do you want it in dos or linux format?
I bought my zip drive to use with my Amiga, so reformated some disks to
the amiga file system, that works fine, later I built a pc, bought it a
scsi card and used the zip drive on that, now I use linux after being
pissed of having to put up with windoze.
ok. I reformated one of the Amiga zip disk in windows, it worked fine - in
windows!, the Amiga or linux could not read it, because windows formated it
with different block size hmmm, so reformated it as a ex2fs linux disk,
great!.
I wanted it to see if I could get it back to a standard zip format disk,
one that could be read on everything.
in linux fdisk
go fdisk /dev/sda or whatever your zip drive is.
delete all partitions on the disk, use the extended commands and print the
partition table, you will see 4 primary partions, if you want a linux disk
you use partition 1, if you want a dos disk you must use partition 4, do a
create new partition, select p for primary and 4 for the partition number
(for a dos zip disk).
set the bootable flag to "ON", set the partition type to 6 which should be
dos fat16 >=32 meg, write this to the disk and you should have
Disk /dev/sda: 64 heads, 32 sectors, 96 cylinders
Nr AF Hd Sec Cyl Hd Sec Cyl Start Size ID
1 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
2 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
3 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
4 80 1 1 0 63 32 95 32 196576 06
Disk /dev/sda: 64 heads, 32 sectors, 96 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda4 * 1 96 98288 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M
then exit fdisk, do a /sbin/mkfs.msdos /dev/sda4 (in redhat 5.2) or mkdosfs
/dev/sda4 ,
for linux just do mke2fs /dev/sda1 <--- note the difference in the device
name.
hope that helps
dAz
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From: Viper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Socket 7 MOBO recommendation
Date: 25 Jun 1999 23:25:02 GMT
I like ASUS mobo's or tyan, it is always better to spend a little extra because these
boards have better chips etc, if it is only a home server SOYO shoulkd be fine I have
one myself..
-=>Adam<=- >=
Bob Ollerton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Can anyone recommend an inexpensive socket 7 mobo for a Linux server? I
: want to use SAMBA and IP-masquerading to make better use of my cable
: modem.
: I also have an extra 300 MHz AMD K6-2, 64 MB of 100 PC RAM, and a 4.3 MB
: WD caviar drive I'd like to use.
: Has anyone tried the SOYO SY-5STM w/ SiS 5598 PCI bus Chipset?
: Thanks in advance.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Equinaux)
Subject: Damn PNP modem...
Date: 26 Jun 1999 03:25:57 GMT
Well I had everything nice and set in Redhat 5.2 and then had to make the move
to Redhat 6.0... Now nothing works... The isapnp.conf file that I've saved is
worthless under Redhat 6.0. Well at least this time around it was easier to
setup my pnp soundcard, but my modem is still under the fritz....
According to the /proc/ioports file the IO range (03e8-03ef) I'm trying to
access is already under use by the serial port... Now, how do I tell the
serial port to take a hike and move to another IO range?
Thanks,
Equinaux
PS> A reply by e-mail would be preferred...
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Date: 25 Jun 99 19:20:53 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Monitor dies while installing Redhat 5.2
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Unrot13 this;
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Jan Panteltje;
>>
>>From a tech:
>>
>>A plumb well thought out response, NOT. What if the monitor is already 5
>>years old? Or more?
>>
JP> I second that, and it is also clearly stated if XF86Config's
JP> documentation IIRC. Take it from an experienced TV repair man. You blow
JP> them, I fix them, but usually advice you to buy a new one :) Why? because
JP> this kind of repair, replacing HV transformer, few transistors, caps, is
JP> labour intensive, parts are expensive, and you would still have the same
JP> monitor, and then you would try again would not you ;). If indeed RedHat
JP> does not warn you about this at install, you should try to sue them for
JP> the repair costs. J.
They do warn. Thanks, fellow traveler.
Cheers, Gene
--
Gene Heskett, CET, UHK |Amiga A2k Zeus040 50 megs fast/2 megs chip
Ch. Eng. @ WDTV-5 |A2091,GuruRom,1g Seagate,CDROM,Multiface III
|Buddha + 4 gig WDC drive, 525 meg tape
|Stylus Pro, EnPrint, Picasso-II, 17" vga
RC5-Moo! 690kkeys/sec isn't much, but it all helps
email gene underscore heskett at iolinc dot net
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Date: 25 Jun 99 19:26:46 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Monitor dies while installing Redhat 5.2
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Unrot13 this;
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to jedi ;
> On 25 Jun 99 03:02:08 -0500, Gene Heskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Donovan Rebbechi;
>>
>> DR> On Thu, 24 Jun 1999 16:41:05 -0700, Alex Lam wrote:
>>>>Dump Redhat.. Redhat killed one of my monitor before during installation
>>>>probing. I mean totally killed it.
>>
>> DR> killed it ? The monitor shouldn't die unless you sync it out of spec
>> DR> ( and even then, it should be able to shut itself down when it's
>> DR> overdriven )
>>
>> DR> I'd suggest you return your monitor for a prompt refund.
>>
>>From a tech:
>>
>>A plumb well thought out response, NOT. What if the monitor is already 5
>>years old? Or more?
> I've got such a monitor. Fortunately, it doesn't explode
> when mildly overdriven or Win95 would have killed it by
> now.
If you'll read my message, you note that I said overdrive wasn't often a
problem, usually all that does is soften the high voltage. My message
dealt with underdrive in terms of horizontal sweep rates.
>>While its possible the newer ones, particularly those that can display
>>their sweep speed parameters might well shut themselves down in self
>>defense, or simply refuse to go that low and drop out of sync to protect
>>themselves, older ones quite often do not.
> I have an ~ 5 year old bargain basement model and even it
> isn't that fragile.
If its a 'vga' model, call me back after you've tried to run it at ega/cga
(18 khz IIRC) speeds. I'll send my condolances.
Cheers, Gene
--
Gene Heskett, CET, UHK |Amiga A2k Zeus040 50 megs fast/2 megs chip
Ch. Eng. @ WDTV-5 |A2091,GuruRom,1g Seagate,CDROM,Multiface III
|Buddha + 4 gig WDC drive, 525 meg tape
|Stylus Pro, EnPrint, Picasso-II, 17" vga
RC5-Moo! 690kkeys/sec isn't much, but it all helps
email gene underscore heskett at iolinc dot net
--
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Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Need guidance with Scanner type
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 26 Jun 1999 00:25:40 -0400
Peter Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi all
>
> I know I need a scanner with a SCSI interface to use it with Linux but
> other than that I don't know what else to look for. I am going to use it
> with either an Adaptec 1542 or a Future Domain 950 or a Tekram 390U.
>
> I am considering either a UMAX 1220S or a Mustek Scanexpresss 12000SP.
> Does anyone have any comments about either, or any recommendations ?
I have a Umax 1220S on a TekRam 390U myself (plus a cdr and DAT tape on the
same scsi chain, disks are on another scsi controller). Other than having to
get a db50 to db25 cable for the scanner, everything works great. Note you may
have to go looking for a 390U, the places I've bought in the past (notably
comp-u-plus) only feature the 390F, which has a wide 68 pin external connector,
which means more of a special cable. Also, the scanner needs to be the last of
the chain, due to having only a db25 connector. I also wouldn't put ultra
disks on a scsi chain with a scanner, since I strongly doubt what passes for
termination on the scanner is active termination.
--
Michael Meissner, Cygnus Solutions
PMB 198, 174 Littleton Road #3, Westford, Massachusetts 01886
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: 978-486-9304 fax: 978-692-4482
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From: Jon Kee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Motorola SM56 ne1 get this too work?
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 02:14:57 -0400
thought it was one of those, but couldn't get a real answer
to that on any of the sites references modems that would
work with linux.
thanks for the help!
J
another piece of junk for the junk parts pile... :)
blurb wrote:
> I gave one of those away...
> The SM in SM56 is soft modem ie. "Winmodedem"
> S.O.L
> It seems linux drivers for these are not gonna happen.
>
> Craig
>
> Jon Kee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >as the title says, no luck with this modem.
> >
> >its using com4 irq7 address 220 in microsucks
> >
> >tried using setserial to assign the irq to 7 and address to 220 for cua3
> >but still no go.
> >
> >ne1 have an idea?
> >
> >Jon
> >
> >
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Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Need guidance with Scanner type
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 26 Jun 1999 00:28:06 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nick Kew) writes:
> > I am considering either a UMAX 1220S or a Mustek Scanexpresss 12000SP.
>
> I have the umax. Works with SANE and an Adaptec card. Big software
> limitation: no options to scan something smaller than the full A4.
> Otherwise it's fine.
Hmm, with xscanimage at least, you can set the size of the scan. I've set my
for US letter size.
--
Michael Meissner, Cygnus Solutions
PMB 198, 174 Littleton Road #3, Westford, Massachusetts 01886
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: 978-486-9304 fax: 978-692-4482
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Subject: Re: Adding SCSI tape to Redhat 6.0
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 26 Jun 1999 00:12:45 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vic Ryan) writes:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Vic Ryan wrote:
> >>
> >> Morning All,
> >>
> >> Linux newbie here, I have added a SCSI tape drive to a box already loaded
> >> with Redhat 6.0 and need to install the driver to access it. I have
> >> linconf 1.16 but can not figure out how to get the SCSI driver to load
> >> and talk to the drive. Any suggestion would be welcome.
> >
> > If you already are using SCSI HD device the tape device
> > should be located and identified when the system boots and
> > probes the SCSI bus. If the SCSI support is new, you will
> > have to compile the proper driver for your HBA (either in
> > the kernel or as a module) before you can use the tape
> > device.
> >
> Perhaps I need to clarify here... The adaptec SCSI card was "added" after
> the system was loaded with 6.0. How do I now get the system to see it.
> Linuxconf says there are no SCSI devices in the system. This card and tape
> drive works fine on a idenical system with Redhat 5.2. Note: I am not
> already using a SCSI HD, I have a 13.5G IBM IDE drive in the system.
Assuming that there are no other scsi cards, and by Adaptec you mean a 2940
compatible adapter (294x, 394x, or 789x, etc.), try editing your
/etc/conf.modules file, and add the line:
alias scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx
(for some other scsi adapter, change aic7xxx to the module that supports the
adapter).
If you are already have a scsi adapter and added a different one, change the
scsi_hostadapter to scsi_hostadapter1.
If you have built your own kernel, you will need to configure in scsi support,
configure in scsi tape and the adapter.
You could try manually loading the scsi adapter module, and look at
/proc/scsi/scsi to see if any devices are recognized, and then load in the "st"
module if it isn't already loaded.
--
Michael Meissner, Cygnus Solutions
PMB 198, 174 Littleton Road #3, Westford, Massachusetts 01886
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: 978-486-9304 fax: 978-692-4482
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From: Fire martial Bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP2000C
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 04:16:17 GMT
Pierre Laffitte wrote:
>
> I cannot find the driver for Linux for a HP2000C printer.
>
> Hope it exists.
>
> Thnx for helping
>
> Pierre
Try all the HP filters one will probably work.
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Subject: Re: New to SCSI
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 26 Jun 1999 00:32:15 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> What would be a good scsi card for a just few devices: a cd burner, a
> zipdrive and maybe a harddrive in the future?
I tend to like TekRam 390U (ultra-narrow) and 390F (ultra-wide) myself for
cheap controller. They are currently about $70. Though my disks are now on
the onboard Adaptec controller, I did use the TekRam's for about a year
(currently one TekRam controls my CDR, DAT tape drive, and UMAX 1220S scanner).
> Anybody know of a good website from which I could learn some things
> about scsi in general? The different types, wide, narrow, etc the
> pros/cons....
http://www.ultranet.com/~gfield/gary/scsi.html
--
Michael Meissner, Cygnus Solutions
PMB 198, 174 Littleton Road #3, Westford, Massachusetts 01886
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: 978-486-9304 fax: 978-692-4482
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From: Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Overclocking CPU
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 18:48:18 -0400
Bart�omiej Niechwiej wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I've got Intel Celeron 366Mhz processor and I was trying to overclock
> it. Unfortunately all Celerons have fixed its multiplier so there is
> only one way to overclock it - to change FSB speed. I have an ABIT BH6
> motherboard which supports 66,75,83,100,112, 124 and 133 MHz selection
> for FSB speed but unfortunately PCI speed is determined from FSB speed
> (66-83 its 1/2 FSB, 100-133 its 1/2 FSB). I managed to set FSB 83Mhz and
> everything under Win95 was OK - I run Quake2 for about 2 hours and
> nothing wrong happened. So I decided to test if linux will suffer some
> overclocking...
> For about six reboots it was OK and the I saw: "Unable to mount root
> device...". When I tried to boot from floppy and repair it I failed.
> After repairing ext2 nothing was readable!!! It was completly damaged
> and I lost about 2GB!!!
> What could be wrong with linux?
> Why does Windows (or rather winshit) work?...
>
> Bartlomiej Niechwiej.
To the best of my knowledge Win9X does NOT use more than ONE
processor. So it works as it always does. Try NT and see if your
board is stable then! Linux is usually better on OC'd boards
because it stresses the cpu's less.
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Subject: Re: New to SCSI
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 26 Jun 1999 00:36:27 -0400
Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > What would be a good scsi card for a just few devices: a cd burner, a
> > zipdrive and maybe a harddrive in the future?
> >
> Get the Symbios Logic cards. They work fine in Linux.
> Adaptec has many flaps, I read now and then here.
While adaptec's do tend towards the higher end of the price range, the slam
against them is old news, and has long been fixed in all modern kernels
(Adaptec now works with the driver maintainer). I've been running my SMP
processor with 5 disks on a dual channel Adaptec 7896 since about Feb. or March
with no problems that are scsi related. On my previous SMP system using the
older drivers about a year ago, I did experience file system corruption and did
switch to TekRams, but the current driver seems rock solid to me.
--
Michael Meissner, Cygnus Solutions
PMB 198, 174 Littleton Road #3, Westford, Massachusetts 01886
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: 978-486-9304 fax: 978-692-4482
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From: Nick Ng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Brother HL-1040 under Linux
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 07:10:29 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I run a Brother HL-1040 laser printer under Linux using HP Laserjet IIP
emulation - but it is sooo slow! Does anyone know where I could get hold
of the control codes for this printer to write a filter for it?
Nick.
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Vinh Le <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: SCSI controller for scanner
Date: 25 Jun 1999 13:44:03 GMT
What is the cheapest PCI slot SCSI controller I can
get for running a scanner? I've noticed PCI cards
from as low as $50 to upwards of $200 for UW SCSI-2.
I just want a cheap controller to run a scanner.
Would those with scanners on their system mind
divulging their SCSI controller model and price
paid? ( I've already looked at the SANE-SCSI page.
I need more options! )
Thanks!
Vinh Le
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Fire martial Bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Spinning down scsi disks : mailing list
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 04:13:06 GMT
Eric DE VITO wrote:
>
> I am currently creting a list of linux users interested in scsi-idle system
> to be added to the kernel scsi driver.
> Please email me if you want to be added to a mailing-list which will be
> used to convince the kernel scsi drivers conceptors to add scsi-idle
> functionnality to the scsi kernel drivers.
>
> You can email me at both following email addresses :
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Thank you
>
> --
> Eric DE VITO
> IPSN/DPEA/SERAC
> E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Choices about how the kernel functions is always a good thing.
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From: "Tarik Bida" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Microsoft Intellimouse Problems
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 00:21:37 -0400
Hi everybody,
I'm having trouble with my microsoft intellimouse (serie), the first time i
start the X Windows everything was ok but the next time, i don't know what's
going on with my pointer. I formated my hard disk and i reinstall linux
RedHat 5.2 but i still geting the same problem. please could you give me
some helpe about that, i'll apreciate it relly much
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