[Discuss] SUSE looks good!

[Joan McIlmoyl Cleghorn]

Well, this is fun<g>. Did a cold boot and got my cursor and both my monitors
(only one was operational on the previous try) though they were cloned.
Though my wired Internet connection showed as functional, I couldn't get
anything online. So, did a reboot - this time no cursor and single monitor
(not my primary which is a Sony LCD). So another reboot, still no cursor and
single monitor. One more....cursor is back and both monitors and 'Net
connection. Meanwhile, to try and 'unclone' my monitors<g>, I went looking
for my video card to check the settings....hmmm, it sees my card (nVidia
6600) and says I haven't enabled 3D then tells me I need to download a
driver. When I select to d/l the driver, it tells me this card doesn't
support 3D nor accelerated graphics......not true. So, I'm unsure how to
'enable' the features of my video card (including the settings for dual
monitors).

The most intriguing thing to me is why the difference between boots -
sometimes a cursor and sometimes not - sometimes one monitor and sometimes
two<g>.

Meanwhile, now that the cursor is functional, I'll do a little exploring
before I lose it again.

8-)
Joan


> Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:06:08 -0700
> From: John Blomfield <jabfield at shaw.ca>
> Subject: Re: [Discuss] SUSE looks good!
> To: discuss at vlug.org
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> Joan McIlmoyl Cleghorn wrote:
> > Well John, this should probably be in the Newbie List, however, as my
> > problem is all your fault<g>, I'm posting it here. You suggested that we
> try
> > SUSE 10.3 so I promptly decided to d/l the Live CD to give it a try. I
> was
> > pleasantly surprised at how quickly I was able to d/l the ISO as I've
> had
> > some really bad experiences with 8 to 10 hours of d/ling...... Burned
> the
> > disc and popped it in. Up it came and in an interesting shade of green
> > (guys, don't even think of trying it the day after the night
> before<gggg>).
> > I d/l'd the Gnome version btw. I think I might like it if only I could
> > navigate properly in it.......it doesn't show my cursor!!! I can get my
> > trackball to work provided I can figure out where it is (i.e., if an
> icon or
> > button is suddenly highlighted). Mostly I had to use my keyboard to
> navigate
> > which was less than workable in an unfamiliar environment.......so, does
> > anyone know how I could get SUSE to give me back my cursor?<g> It's a
> > Logitech Marble FX Trackball and I've never had a problem with several
> other
> > Live CDs of different distros e.g. Ubuntu, Kubuntu, PCLinuxOS,
> > GenTOO.........
> >
> > 8-)
> > Joan
> >
> >
> That's an interesting one - no cursor!  This has happened to me but not
> especially with SuSe, I have always blamed it on the fact that I have
> two computes that I use through a KVM switch and I have found
> occasionally the switch doesn't seem to connect with the mouse
> properly.  However, a simple re-boot has always fixed the problem.  Have
> you tried a re-boot or did you just shutdown in disgust!  I suppose its
> entirely possible that SuSe does not have a driver for your trackball
> but that I would say is extremely unlikely.
>
> John
>

-- 
Joan McIlmoyl Cleghorn, U.E.
in Beautiful Saseenos near Sooke & Victoria British Columbia
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