[EUG-LUG:2925] X-Windows, USB Mouse, and Laptop

2001-09-22 Thread Dennis Soper
Hi all, I've got a shiny new Satellite 3000 that I installed linux on. It doesn't have a PS/2 mouse port, and I hate the stick mouse. No problem-- I popped a logitech USB trackball on the thing and configured it. Now here's the question-- is there a way that I can have *both* the stick

[EUG-LUG:2926] Mandrake 8.0 RPM software?

2001-09-22 Thread Kent Loobey
I have Mandrake 8.0 loaded on my system. I loaded it by downloading two ISOs. One could buy a boxed pro pack set for $70.00 (contains 7 CDROMs). These CDROMs contain a lot of the software that I would like (but not all). The nice thing about the software on these CDs is that they all

[EUG-LUG:2927] Re: RPMs in general (my thoughts)

2001-09-22 Thread mro
It is my experience with my Mandrake system (8.1.3-Raktel beta) that a good number of RPMs that I've downloaded and installed have gone in without any major problems. Occasionally I find out I need a library or something and I usually head to RPMfind.net to grab those. Building tar.gz's really