[GRLUG] Knoppix with mouse problems?

[Bob Kline]

Good thoughts.  I use Puppy on another,
more modern machine, and did give it a
try on the 166 MHz unit.  No go.  Since
it too is so good with hardware, this was
a bad sign.

I've read of similar issues involving mice
and older hardware by doing a Google
search, but have never seen a solution.
One person did suggest the kernel, but
based on what I don't know.  For now
that remains the common thread.  And
the fact that Knoppix V3.6, with a 2.4
kernel, works fine.  A straightforward
solution is to just stay with that, but the
game here is partly to see what old
hardware is supported by an up to date
version of Linux.

I'll try DSL.  Given there isn't much to it,
that should further suggest whether it's
the kernel.

   -- Bob

On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 2:20 PM, Lee Forest <lee8oi at gmail.com> wrote:

> a 166mhz processor would definitly be testing the lower limits of
> linux. If I was using a computer that old. I'd try going with a distro
> along the lines of Damn Small Linux, or Puppy Linux. TinyME 2008.1
> droplet was awsome on mysystem, but the repositories are in sore need
> of updating(based on PClinuxOS which hasn't been very productive)
> Course that comes from my distro hopping experiences(I know some are
> against that, but how do you really get a feel for your ideal distro
> if you don't try a few?). The first two distro's especially seem to do
> pretty well on older systems, and they claim to be able to run on
> systems with 486 processors. And I've never had any mouse problems
> with either of them. their hardware support is as good as any other
> linux can be. As for having problems with running linux on any modern
> computer I do agree with trying other distros. if you insist on red
> hat based ones theres still more alternatives, like CentOS, and berry.
> I browse distrowatch at least a couple times a week checking out the
> latest releases of linux. And I always find myself in favor of the
> Debian based distros for many reasons. A big one being that I've seen
> more applications available in deb, then rpm. Course rpm based distros
> seem to be oriented in more commerical directions, and debian being
> more for the general user.
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