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thanks I will try that.


I noticed that when I boot I get a message "You passed an undefined video mode number. Press <Return> to see vide modes available, <Space> to continue or wait 30 secs.>

This doesnt seem to have made much difference whether I press enter or not, but I thought it might mean something.


Also, probably of more relevance, I get this right before it goes into x:
"EXT2-fs warning: maximal mount count reached, running e2fsck is recommended.
su(pam-unix)[345]: session opened by suer dsl by (uid = 0)
grep:/etc/sysconfig/mouse: no such file or directory
Using Xvesa default 1024 x blah blah blah...........

I dont think the rest is relevant, but I think the problem lies at the grep:/etc/sysconfig/mouse: no such file or directory message.

I know it works with the ps/2 mouse on this comp.


by the way the ram is now about 65mb.

thanks for the replies.
Ok.

I've allready been through every "xsetup" option thing and nothing works. I guess it still could be the mouse it's self.

I also noticed that when the computer boots up, I get a thing testing my memory, telling me that there's 65152kb. However when dsl is booting it says "total memory found: 59236kb
and then
"Creating /ramdisk (dynamic size = 45488k) on shared memory"
If your computer has on-board video, it is usually allocating part of the RAM for the video cache.  4-6MB is just about normal.  The size of the ramdisk, on the other hand, is set by some rule in the KNOPPIX setup.  If I remember right, it will use either 90% of available memory or 200 MB, whichever is smaller, for the ramdisk.

The serial mouse is a hit-or-miss thing.  If you know of another Linux distribution that allows you to work with your mouse on this computer, look through the modules (command "lsmod") to see what it is using.  Knoppix (and DSL for that matter) is well-known for its huge module-autodetecting capability, but it is possible that it just doesn't have the version that will work properly with your mouse.
ok thanks.

my video is not actually onboard, it has it's own card.


so, to summarize so far:

1. is there a way to make a swap thing in my hd using just the keyboard so I can try knoppix or something else to find out what's wrong wit the mouse?

2. what exactly does "You passed an undefined video mode number. Press <Return> to see vide modes available, <Space> to continue or wait 30 secs." mean?

3. what exactly does "EXT2-fs warning: maximal mount count reached, running e2fsck is recommended.
su(pam-unix)[345]: session opened by suer dsl by (uid = 0)
grep:/etc/sysconfig/mouse: no such file or directory" mean?

4. is there a way by looking at the motherboard to find out which "com1" or ttysomethingorother my mouse is plugged into?

thanks for all the support.
1. Boot up with the:

dsl 2 vga=normal

command.

Then type:

/usr/sbin/mkdosswapfile

at the "root" prompt.  follow the instructions.

2.  This error message means that the DSL default framebuffer resolution is unsupported by your video card. I believe that this resolution is 1024x768x32bit but I could be wrong.  If you use an alternative cheatcode like:
dsl vga=normal

or

dsl vga=787

it may avoid this error message.  Press the F3 key at the boot prompt for some additional choices for framebuffer modes.

4.
You can figure out your COM port by looking at the motherboard, but someimtes the COM port number does not translate directly into linux tty numbers.  Here are the typical mappings (not always true)

COM1 = /dev/ttyS0
COM2 = /dev/ttyS1
COM3 = /dev/ttyS2
COM4 = /dev/ttyS3
etc...

If your mouse is plugged into the motherboard itself, my guess is that it is located on one of these four tty ports.  Try each one and see what happens.
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