Re: Vector Linux anybody??

From: Stefan Patric (tootek2_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 01/23/04 

Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 07:48:17 -0800

On Friday 23 January 2004 01:13, max wrote:

> I got in, added a user under my name
> ran startx
> Started fine, but
> now my mouse jumps back into the left lower corner each time I pull it
> up or to the right. might have to use one of my com ports since I am
> using the factoy ps/2 port on this old packard bell-233.
> I think I am going to like the software once I get the crawlies out.
> And to think, I paid 1.47 for it with moniter at a yard sale. goes to
> show, you get what you pay for.

Had a similar problem with a serial mouse on an old AMD 300MHz box. I
solved it by reinstalling using XFree 3.3.6 instead of the newer 4.x
version. Once I did that, the system worked just fine.

Both packages should be bundled with Vector for compatiblility with old
systems. It gives you a choice of which to use when you install.

> On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 07:20:15 GMT, ptb@oboe.it.uc3m.es (P.T. Breuer)
> wrote:
>
>>max <jamsgraphics@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> as soon as the load is comlete, I type in "root" then for command
>>> I type in passwd, but I get a no such command reading, then it will
>>> not let me into the system.
>>
>>Don't interpret. Show us what you see and what you do.
>>
>>To me it sounds like you get a prompt
>>
>> login:
>>
>>and you type "root".
>>
>>Then you either get the command line prompt
>>
>> #
>>
>>or you are asked for a passwd
>>
>> password:
>>
>>which you give, and then get the prompt
>>
>>
> <taken from the vector site-
> You may have noticed that we haven't set up users or created a
> password for root yet. So, when you reboot into VL, the first thing
> you need to do is set a password for the root user.
>
> Log in as root. You shouldn't be asked for a password; instead
> you'll be taken direcrly to a shell prompt. Type passwd and choose
> a password for root>
> everytime I typed root, I was asked for the password on the new
> install.
> #
>>
>>So tell us which. To me it sounds like you are typing a password
>>at the command line prompt!!! Weird or what?
> Weird or what? Just another stupid newbie question I guess,
> Thanks Peter
>>
>>Peter 

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Stefan Patric
NoLife Polymath Group
tootek2@yahoo.com

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