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Help installing RH Linux 6.1 on laptop...



I've had computer since 10;30 this morning and have tried loading versioon 6.0
and 6.1 repeatedly with no luck. It seems that when RED HAT gets to reading
mouse driver information (at the beginning of install for 6.1 and at the end
for 6.0) system locks up. Documentation says Linux supports touchpads but I
don't believe it. System detects a PS/2 type mouse but freezes there. Keyboard
locks up....must reboot.

Kevin

Jerry Feldman wrote:

> I am not familiar with Red Hat's graphical installation, only with the text
> installlation.
> But there are 2 areas where mouse informaiton is used. The first is with
> GPM and the second is with X. In all cases, you need to specify what port
> the mouse is on. Normally for a PS/2 mouse the mouse is on /dev/psaux.
> Serial mice are on /dev/ttyS0 or /dev/ttyS1.

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