[ltp] Mandrake on a T22 Install Problem

Richard Neill linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Sun, 26 Aug 2001 22:47:34 +0100


The trick that worked for me was to use a Serial (or USB) mouse for the 
install of 8.0. This worked fine  ( but neither trackpoint, nor external 
PS/2 mouse work.)
After that, I upgraded to Mandrake Freq which fixed the problem perfectly.
Hope that helps

Richard



Erik Cummings wrote:

>I am attempting to install Mandrake 8.0 on a T22 (7EU) and was wondering if
>anyone else has had any luck...
>
>Running into the simplest of problems right now - allowing the graphical
>install, I have NO trackpoint OR external mouse support.  Not a big deal,
>except the tab key stops working about 3 questions in.
>
>So, I am thinking of doing a text based install run, but thought I would
>shoot the list a question quick...
>
>Sorry if this has been covered, but I didn't find anything in the archive
>search...
>
>Erik Cummings
>Sr. Network Engineer
>NetWorld+Interop & Comdex
>Key3Media Events
>erik@interop.net
>
>
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