[ltp] ps/2 mouse problem on mdk8.0 and 570

[Peter Smith]

Lai Zit Seng wrote:

> On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Ching-Tung Wu wrote:
>
> > I failed to get mdk8.0 recognize neither trackpoint nor external ps/2
> > mouse on the thinkpad 570, however USB mouse worked just fine. Previor to
> > mdk8.0, I had been using redhat all the way from 5.0 to 7.0 without any
> > problem on the ps/2 mouse. Has anyone seen this before ?
>
> I couldn't even get the installation done on my T20 (also tried T21).
> Although I ignored the lack of PS/2 mouse support during installation, it
> hangs at the SCSI dialog step. When installing in 'text expert' mode, I
> can get by further... but eventually crashes before the installation
> really starts (ie, where it starts to write to disk).
>
> Any one has suggestions on how to fix?
>
> Regards,
>
> .lzs
>
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There are a number of postings on alt.os.linux.mandrake that refer to these
problems. Some people seem to have got it installed using the text install and
the re-compiled the kernel to get mouse support for others this did not work.
Perhaps we will have to wait for 8.1 !!!!!!!

Peter Smith

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