1st time

[Pantso]

quote:Originally posted by dwfan:
changed bios to start w/ cdrom. started to boot from cdrom. got menu and choose installation. next menu was language. selected english(us). at this time i noticed my mouse was not working. used tab to continue though. program loaded a bunch of stuff and decompressed. scanned my computer and did not see my mouse or my modem. loaded first cd and asked for second cd. load all of second cd and went trough a list of routines it was preforming and then asked for login. i logged in and then told me to have a good time. nnever asked anything about the third cd. that's how it went for me 5 times last night. any clues. thanks in advance.

Now, don't worry about the 3rd CD. Propably you didn't make any software selection from that one. Now to the rest of your questions. First of all, tell me what kind of mouse (model/make) you are using as well as if it's a PS2 or a USB one. Also, can you give me more info on your modem? That is, if it's a PCI or an external Serial one, a USB one etc.

[dwfan]

my modem was posted earlier in this string. my mouse has no marking or writing on it. it plugs into a serial port on the back of the tower. i looked the mouse over when i first started to have problems, thinking that on my 3rd or 4th time trying i might be able to configure.

  i said earlier i used my tab key to continue through the install, i forgot to mention that not all of the buttons could be tabbed to. for instance i could not tab to the change button. and sometimes help would work and some times it would not.

 i am very thankful that you all are trying to help.

[Pantso]

Oh yes, sorry about the modem question. I missed the part where you wrote about your modem. Well, since it's a PCI modem it's most propably a winmodem as well. Visit the following pages to see if there are Linux drivers for it:

http://www.linmodems.org

http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html

If your modem is not supported, then I strongly suggest you buy an external serial one, that is a so called hardware modem. I would also suggest you get a US Robotics one. These modems always work with Linux with absolutely no problem at all.

Now, to your mouse. Did you say that it plugs into a serial port? Are you sure? Not a PS2 one? Either case, I believe you should get a new mouse, preferably a Logitech one.

I hope that helps a bit.  

[baggab]

sounds like a multiple problem: mouse and modem.

Navigating a new GUI, if your mouse bound, is like committing suicide with a plastic spoon.

Pull the modem card!

solve the mouse problem first!  Mice come in 3 flavors: serial, PS2, and USB.  You already said you were connecting to serial.

Your Mother Board (MB) probably supports PS2.  See if you can buy(get) a PS2 mouse connector.  They generally come in 2 flavors 4 pin in-line or 8 pin in-line.  Look on the MB around where your keyboard connects.  ID the type you need.  If you need to know how to ID pin 1.  Post back here.

If others here have had good luck serial mice then follow them and disregard this message.

[ May 30, 2003: Message edited by: baggab ]