The only thing that's still puzzling me is that if I start up without the mouse plugged in, but subsequently do plug it in, nothing I can do (including running harddrake) will inspire the machine to see the mouse. So I have to decide whether this is going to be a mousing session before I turn the machine on. Most irritating.
Any further suggestions?
Douglas.
Chad wrote:
Douglas Royds wrote:
My Mandrake 9.2 install successfully runs both my touchpad and a USB mouse at the same time. During operation, I can unplug the USB mouse, and the system carries on without complaint, using the touchpad. When I plug it in again, it works again. So far so good.
If I start up without the USB mouse plugged in, the system says "Argh! No USB mouse. Time to reconfigure!" or some such drama, and I have to tab through to the Cancel option (or wait a further 25 seconds for it to time out).
All I want to do is tell the system that if the USB mouse isn't present when I boot up, don't worry about it - just carry on silently. No need to reconfigure. The system is already doing this for the 1394 PCMCIA card - if it isn't in, an error is displayed, but the boot-up continues unabated.
I've trawled the net without success on this one.
Any suggestions?
Douglas.
One option might be to disable the harddrake service (or what ever it's called) thats what checks for hardware changes at start up. Mandrake Control Centre > System > Services.
Chad
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