Laptops :: Gateway Solo 1150 USB Hub and Mouse problems

Fri Dec-09-2005
I finally got DSL to boot up on my Gateway. Everything seems fine but I do have two question.

#1 I cannot use my mouse that I have connected to a usb hub. BUT the laptop's touchpad works fine. Any ideas.

#2 How can I change the screen size of the "desktop" ( I think that is what it is called in the linux world?? The laptop has a max 800X600 screen. I am not sure but I think DSL is booting at a larger resolution. I can see all of the icons and can get the right click menu but when I minimize a window it does not move to a "taskbar" as it does in windows but completely disappears. This behaviour makes me thing that it is being minimized in an area below the bottom of my screen size.

#3 Are there any step by step instructions on putting DSL on a USB flash key drive.

I know there is a section on this forum about usb transfer. And I will go there and check. The problems is that I am a VERY VERSED windows person. I program (very small non commercial) for window. But this is my first foray into the linux/unix world. And a lot of the instructions that I have read from the web seem to assume a lot of linux knowledge on the part of the reader.

1. Boot with

dsl xsetup

and choose USB MOUSE

2. Boot with

fb800x600 xsetup

and choose USB MOUSE

3. Visit the WIKI site.

original here.