[plug] mdk 9 probs

[Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima]

On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, John Knight wrote:

> G'day all!
> 
> I compiled a kernel on my SuSE box and didn't realise how dangerous modules 
> can be. Anyway, now that I have a Mandrake box (snigger), I'm finding it 
> infuriating!

Heh?   how excatly are modules dangerous?
 
> Anyway, I've got two major hassles atm, firstly, I can't get my mouse to run 
> with the two buttons and scroll wheel, it's still using a two button mouse 
> with 3 button emulation (which I chose by accident). Can any fellow mdk 
> users with a two button mouse with a clickable scroll wheel (for button 3) 
> please send me a sample of their config file (just the mouse bits)? I think 
> it's /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 from memory.

Not mandrake but generic X
---
Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Generic Mouse"
        Driver          "mouse"
        Option          "SendCoreEvents"        "true"
        Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
        Option          "Protocol"              "ImPS/2"
        Option          "Emulate3Buttons"       "true"
EndSection
---
 
> The other hassle that I can't really be too specific about (sorry) is that I 
> can dial in to cantech with no worries, username and password all goes fine 
> and it says I'm logged on, but I can't use a browser and then Mandrake 
> weirdo tool reckons I'm not online. Would anyone be able to give me a few 
> tings to check out so that I can go off and figure it out from there? 
> Perhaps my network card is conflicting with gateway settings etc? Could I be 
> using the wrong authentication method, and if so, would I still be able to 
> get online (PAP from memory, I'm on a win2k box atm)?

*cough*
you could try asking CanTech Online support fisrt
*cough*

Yours Tony

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