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Debian Linux serial mouse does not move around the entire screen
Just installed Debian 2.x on an old laptop --
Toshiba 660CDT
80M RAM
1.3G HDD
150 MHz CPU
Onboard mouse does not function, so I am using a serial mouse (DB9 plug) instead. It works, and I can move around, but the pointer is not working when I try to click on a button. I have to move the mouse off the button about an inch away, and then it works. Also, I cannot move the mouse to the bottom of the screen or to the very right side of the screen.
I was thinking it may be more of a hardware issue? Not a linux issue? Dont know and I cannot find any threads online about this.....HELP!
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u know what? forget it!!!! I went and installed another Linux OS over it and its working fine.....
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Mod w/ an attitude
It was a driver issue. The mouse resolution was not calibrated.
I hope you installed Ubuntu. It is one of the best Linux distros out now.
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that makes sense....
I havent tried ubuntu, although read about it. I am currently running RH6.0 on this laptop, it works much better than Deb.
But I cant get the sound to work. I did "chmod 777 /dev/mixer /dev/dsp /dev/sg*" and still I cannot bring up the mixing console on KDE. I also noticed that I dont have /etc/pnp.config in the /etc dir....
Any suggestions on that?
Also, one more question -- my HDD on this thing is only 1.3G, can I make an install with Ubuntu with a total install size of around 100-300Megs with X?
thanks!!!
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Mod w/ an attitude
I'm sure you could, but why not buy a bigger hard drive. Maybe a 6GB or 8GB laptop drive.
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Ultimate Member
I would be running Puppy Linux on that puppy.
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Ultimate Member
Try running alsaconfig for the sound.
For such an old machine I'd recommend vector linux which is based off slackware designed for old x86 systems. It's very fast but still powerful.
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