On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 17:19:07 +0200 Alpay Erturkmen <kalpaye@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > hi there, > i am new to the list and i do not know whether this is a Fedora issue. I > am using Fedora on an old IBM Thinkpad 570, and a USB mouse. My screen > just goes blank randomly and it does not light up by the mouse but just > the keyboard. is the power management not listening to my usb mouse? how I think this is the Thinkpad BIOS not recognizing a USB mouse, rather than a Fedora problem. The BIOS is blanking your screen. You can go into BIOS(F1 when you boot) and disable this if you wish. Or just use the trackpoint. ;) -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- * Charles Taylor <tomalek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> * Chemistry teacher, Linux enthusiast! -------------------------------------------------------------------- * Web: http://home.mindspring.com/~charletiv/ --------------------------------------------------------------------
