[ltp] Intro and questions

[Antiphon]

On Monday 02 August 2004 12:10, Daniel J. Stern wrote:
> Howdy, eh!
>
> I'm running Mandrake 9.2 w/KDE on a ThinkPad i1300 (1171-9MU) and having a
> couple issues:
>
> 1) Can't get Linux to recognize the TrackPoint device at all, must use an
> external mouse. If the external mouse (a PS/2 device) comes unplugged
> during a session, plugging it back in doesn't restore function; it is
> necessary to reboot to regain use of the mouse.

> 2) Tried to install Mandrake 10, didn't get far -- hung in the final
> stages of booting from CD1. Tried burning several CD1s from rpms
> downloaded from several different sources, same result. Tried booting from
> CD2, got an error box saying "Please insert CD1". Did so, and it hung.
> It starts to boot, then simply stalls most of the way through the process
> with a black screen. Blue bar at the top ("F1 for here, F3 for logs, F4
> for something else") and blue bar at the bottom (don't remember what it
> says). Anyone had success putting Mdk10 on such a machine as mine?
>
> 3) Thought to try Fedora, and Fedora's CDs *would* boot, but it wouldn't
> recognize my partitioning and wanted to blow away the whole hard drive
> (part of which contains Windoze). Meh?
>
> I am a relative newbie, so please go easy on me...
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> DS

As a newbie who likes to use more than one mouse, try using a  more recent 
distro that has a 2.6 kernel. Or, download Knoppix and see if it runs fine on 
your machine. You can also install it onto your hd if you find it suits you.

There's no sense in trying to figure out hardware errors if you're a noob, 
just find a distro that works for you. You might also try SuSE which has just 
released a free version. Its hardware detection has always been quite good in 
my exprience.