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Article #1683redhat6.2 linux, using a GUI without mouse?
From: David. E. Goble
Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2000 00:00
Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2000 00:00
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Hi All; Just tring redhat 6.2 linux for the first time. Managed to install workstation, but having problems with setting up a GUI. What I have; 486DX2/66 20Meg RAM Cirrus logic GL5429 card KTX SVGA PLUS monitor no mouse... The monitor's manual calls it a "Non-interlaced SVGA Monitor is 14inch intelligent Color Monitor with Ultrahigh resolution of up to 1024X768 (Non-interlaced)... providing auto-center controlling and auto-sizing..." It features "multi-mode at horizontal frequencies of 30KHz to 48KHz mode and vertical frequencies of 50Hz to 90Hz... Compatiable with standard IBM VGA, Extended VGA, super VGA and Non-interlaced SVGA modes as well as newly proposed VESA ergonomic standards" The monitor itself only has a small logol on the topleft front that reads KTX SVGA Plus. When I tried to start the GUI, it comes up with a patterened background and a X cursor, but then nothing else. It will not change resolutions via ctrl-alt-+, but will exit with ctrl-alt- back delete. Where it says that the mouse could not be read or something. What do I do/not do to get a GUI? do I just need a mouse?
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11033e,133e7208b8f43b7a,start X-Google-Attributes: gid11033e,public From: goble@kin.on.net (David. E. Goble) Subject: redhat6.2 linux, using a GUI without mouse? Date: 2000/06/03 Message-ID: <3938947c.1549297@news.adelaide.on.net> X-Deja-AN: 630553330 Sender: goble@kin.on.net (David. E. Goble) X-Trace: 3 Jun 2000 20:27:56 +0950, 203.48.5.203 Organization: Ecology Research Center Reply-To: goble@kin.on.net Newsgroups: ahn.tech.linux