Gateway Solo 1150 USB Hub and Mouse problemsForum: Laptops Topic: Gateway Solo 1150 USB Hub and Mouse problems started by: Shaba1 Posted by Shaba1 on Dec. 10 2005,22:29
Fri Dec-09-2005I 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. Posted by cbagger01 on Dec. 13 2005,17:10
1. Boot withdsl xsetup and choose USB MOUSE 2. Boot with fb800x600 xsetup and choose USB MOUSE 3. Visit the WIKI site. |