[GRLUG] Knoppix with mouse problems?

[Bob Kline]

I tried V4.4.3 of DSL on the old hardware,
and the PS/2 mouse worked.  Alas, DSL is
still using the 2.4 version of the kernel, so I
expected as much.  Even V4.4.10 is using
version 2.4.31 of the kernel.

So far the only consistent theme is that a
distribution with a 2.4 kernel works on my
old motherboard, and one with a 2.6 kernel
does not.  This is just for fun, since the end
result would be a very limited system in any
case.  At most it's interesting to the extent
that "Linux" is embodied in the kernel, not
the endless apps that are hung on it. So
perhaps somewhere deep down the drivers
do not completely support the chipset in the
old motherboard?  As pointed out by someone
here,  PS/2 mice have been around for a long
time now, and are ubiquitous.

I can still try to see whether a USB mouse
works....

  -- 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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