sarah
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Joined: Sep. 2005 |
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Posted: Dec. 11 2005,03:47 |
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I'm new at this too, but it might help you to run the Xsetup script - it might fix both your mouse problem and your screen problem? I'm not sure about the mouse one, but the screen one should be solved by running Xsetup
At the boot: prompt type
You could try using a cheat code at boot time
eg: | Code Sample | | dsl vga=normal |
or but you'll probably find that running the Xsetup script will work better for you and fix the problem.
If you want to reconfigure your desktop without rebooting, you can run the xsetup.sh script. There's a link to it if you right click on your desktop, in the System menu - X Setup. You may need to restart X to get it to use the new settings though, I'm not sure. To restart X, right click on your desktop -> Window Manager -> Restart
You can use frame buffering if your machine likes it better, but you might need to specify that at the boot prompt, and more information can be found on video modes at
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/Vga%3Dxxx
Read more about the cheat codes at http://damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/Cheat_Codes
Note that to use the frame buffering boot label, it is just
| Code Sample | | fb800x600 bootcode1 bootcode2 |
*not*
dsl fb800x600
I don't know if you've seen the DSL Wiki at http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/ (.)
I've found it to be a pretty good resource, and once you've read through a few pages there, if there is anything you need to clarify, you can at least point people to the Wiki page and show them the instructions causing you confusion :o)
If you search the Wiki, you'll also find the instructions for putting DSL on your USB key.
Hopefully I haven't steered you too far wrong!
Have fun.
Cheers and beers,
Sarah
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