On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> The install program for Debian doesn't seem to acknowledge the
> existance of laptops at all. The only thing that was configured
> properly and working was PCMCIA.
In fairness, they are not that much different from a desktop, save that
they tend to be impossible to change the hardware on, and seem to prefer
poorly documented proprietary hardware..
> I've managed to fix everything except for the mouse. Can't get it to
> work no matter what I do. I scanned through the Debian site but I
> couldn't find anything in the docs related to laptops.
>
> Is there a site, resource, etc. related to Debian on laptops?
Are you familiar with the 'Linux on Laptops' site? It's a good general
reference, rather than a Debian-specific one.
<http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/>
> Does anyone have a Dell Inspiron and, if so, how did you get the mouse
> working?
You have the mouse configured as a standard PS/2 mouse, I presume?
That's the single most stable thing on every laptop I have ever used;
they all just worked with the mouse set to the PSAUX device and PS/2
protocol.
I don't have the specific hardware you name, though, so I can't say for
sure what the issue is.
Daniel
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