I'm stumped. I've recently bought a Gateway system with a P3 500, 128M RAM,
13.6 Gb disk, 19" Gateway monitor and a Creative TNT 2 Ultra. I used to run
Mandrake 5.3 on a laptop with no problems at all, but since trying to
install Mandrake 6.1 on the new system I have had no end of problems.
At the moment I've managed to get linux running in text mode normally but
every time I try to run Xwindows the (microsoft natural) keyboard LEDs turn
off and the keyboard and (microsoft intelli) mouse freeze up. Is there a
built in feature of linux that I don't know about that refuses to recognise
microsoft hardware or something more sinister? Running Xconfigurator tells
me I can run 1600x1200 at 32bpp but the configuration freezes even at
640x480 at 8bpp. XF86Setup freezes the mouse and keyboard too. The only way
out of the freeze is to turn off the computer and reboot. I've tried paring
down the relevant parts of the XF86Config file to the basics, eg:
Section "Keyboard"
Protocol "Standard"
EndSection
Section "Pointer"
Protocol "PS/2"
Device "/dev/mouse"
EndSection
but it doesn't help. I've tried uninstalling the Mandrake XF86-3.3.5.1 SVGA
server and installing the RedHat 3.3.5.1 server but that doesn't help
either. Running:
X -probeonly
says the correct keyboard and mouse values are initialised by the server,
they just don't work. I'm trying to run KDE by the way.
Thanks in advance for your help,
Toby Walsh
