On Sat, Apr 10, 2004 at 06:54:25PM +0200, Gabriel Maldonado wrote: > Hi all, > I've just installed Fedora Core 1 on my laptop, that is a toshiba > Satellite Pro 4200 with 128 MB of memory, but I have serious problems. > When I move the mouse (an USB compatible mouse with 3 keys and wheel) x > server often crashes. Actually it doesnt crashes completely, but slow > down the mouse pointer by a huge factor, and the graphic interface is > freezed (no response to mouse or keyboard). I take it this is an external rodent. If so, what happens if you don't use the external rodent at all and use the built-in touchpad/eraser/whatever? X may respond differently to different rodents. > > I suspect that the problem is the video chip (a Savage/IX with 8 MB > video ram) when X-Windows graphics interacts with the mouse pointer, > since often, when moving it, the arrow leaves spurious pixels on the > screen when the crash occurs. Have you tried Toshiba's list for Linux users? List-Id: tlinux-users.linux.toshiba-dme.co.jp List-Help: <mailto:tlinux-users-ctl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?body=help> > > Since I'm a complete Linux beginner, I ask you what do I have to do. > I don't even know how to start Fedora without starting X-Windows. To boot without X, in grub (the boot loader), add 'init 3' to the arguments to the kernel. See the grub on-screen directions for how to do this. To make it permanent, edit /etc/inittab. See the notes above this line: id:5:initdefault: You will probably change it to read: id:3:initdefault: -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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