On Sun, 24 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My first visit to this list -- having problems configuring my mouse after
> installing Linux (Mamdrake) 6.5. Have been lucky enough to clunk my way
> around via the keyboard, found a few games and text editors.
>
Try booting to console mode. Log in as "root" and run
/usr/sbin/mouseconfig. Which mouse do you have? If it's a
ps/2 style mouse, you should be able to select "generic
PS/2 mouse" and "emulate 3 buttons" should work for most
2-button mice so you can more easily do cut & paste.
>
> Graphics is a problem as well, using a Dell
> 15" Trintron monitor and I must > have selected the wrong
> Linux choice for resultion, as much of the display is >
> beyond the efge of the screen... >
> I see great horsepower in Linux and these lists...!
>
Hmm...do you know what your horizontal & vertical refresh
rates are? What video card did you select? Also, have you
tried CTRL+ALT+Keypad-plus or keypad-minus??? That should
allow you to select multiple resolutions. In all
practicality, you only get ONE "properly sized" desktop, so
you should really choose the desktop size you want to run
at most of the time and comment out the others or don't
select any "alternate" resolutions when installing.
John
