newbie: Help, I'm stuck!

2001-05-24 Thread Scott Frankel
Problem 1: the cursor won't respond I installed the Potato release as the default OS in a dual-boot setup on an Apple PowerBook Pismo (Firewire/2000/tc.). X (v.3) launches happily, but the cursor arrow won't respond to either the trackpad or an externally connected USB mouse. It won't budge

mouse config for PowerBook Pismo?

2001-05-24 Thread Scott Frankel
Would anyone have suggestions for configuring the mouse for X v.3, Debian Potato release? This is for use with an Apple PowerBook Pismo 2000. When I launch X, I get some sort of desktop environment (WindowMaker?) with the cursor locked dead in the center of the screen. It won't move with

newbie DHCP TCP questions

2001-05-22 Thread Scott Frankel
I'm setting up a dual-boot Debian Linux | MacOS PowerBook. It's connected to a LinkSys Cable/DSL Router, supporting DHCP. After configuring the router, the MacOS side works flawlessly. But there's no joy yet on the linux side. One thing that'd sure help would be to know how I can translate