Dave, are you sure your problems don't have other causes? What you went through sounds identical to problems I had last year when some of my RAM went bad.
Miark On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 01:03:50 -0500, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spoke thusly: > Hey Femme > > I also got both USB keyboard and mouse. I too had problems (READ: 8 HOURS > OF INSTALL!!!!!!!!!). I haven't had problems like this since RH 6.1! I > just played with it for a while ( 8HOURS! ) and now I got it up and > running. > > Where in the install do your problems(USB) start? > > I had one problem where after I chose my lang(yes the very first step), I > froze. I never even see the license screen. I solved that by clicking on > a later step that I hadn't gotten to yet! Then went back, and all was > good. > > I didn't even get to the update portion. After I tested my X config > (which tested fine), my box froze. I had to do a hard boot. And when I > came back up, I had no control over my mouse. I just rebooted and now > everything is just peachy. > > hth > Dave > > > > > On Tue, 19 Mar 2002 21:40:07 -0700 > FemmeFatale FemmeFatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Tried to install first time tonight. > > > > Nice installer & such one complaint.... > > > > I don't have a PS/2 or serial keyboard & mouse. They are both USB. NOw > > this worked fine in 8.0 & 8.1 installers. So......... what gives!? > > > > I was forced to use converters to get them onto PS/2 channels... I > > couldn't even use a text install with them as USB dev's! > > > > *ARGH!* > > > > So... Ideas? Pass args to the kernel on install?! what must I do & > > which god/dess must I sacrifice a Mandrake developer to? :) > > > > *sigh* > > > > Also, my LAN *its my internet connection* wouldn't let me update > > packages, it hung. I gave up, came back to winblows. > > > > Ideas? help? Lobotomy? *might keep me from banging my head against a > > wall right now*. > > > > Femme > > > > > > > -- > > ��������������������������������������������������� > Mandrake Linux 8.1 Kernel 2.4.8-26mdk > KDE 2.2.1 Sylpheed 0.7.2 > > David L. Steiner > Registered Linux User #262493 > Homepage www.davidlsteiner.com > Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ��������������������������������������������������� > > > > >
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