Installed Slackware 9.1 yesterday and I have been trying to configure my computer (laptop) about 20 hours now :-(

1. The first problem I got was the sound but I used aumix to configure it but when I restart my computer the sound is gone and I have to run aumix again. What shall I do?? I saved my settings in aumix.

2. My second problem is the mouse. I'm using a laptop nx9005 from compaq with an touchpad and an optical mouse (USB based) from Logitech. Both mices worked fine except for the wheel on my logitech. I tried to config it in the XFree86-4 but then it refuses to work. Only the touchpad worked. After several hours
editing XFree86-4 the Logitech mouse worked again but the wheel is not working. How do I fix it and how do disable my touchpad? The wheel worked when I ran Mandrake 9.1

3. Another problem I got is that one button on the keyboard is not working in X but it works in the console. The characters the does not work are <> (Copied from another text so you can see what kind of chars I mean) The chars worked when I ran Mandrake 9.1...

I had to change to Slackware because the pcmcia device hangs in Mandrake 9.1

Please help me!

Hi there.

I think I can help on a couple of your problems.

1. With the sound issue, try typing `alsactl store` after changing your volume. So far, it's worked for me.

2. I'm not an expert on mice in linux, but since I'm running Slack 9.1, I'll tell you what I did to get my scroll wheel working. Under the "InputDevice" section of XF86Config where your mouse is, use "imps/2" as the protocol. Then set the zaxismapping of the mouse. Here's what it should look like:

The "..." indicates other options that may be after the protocol option.

3. I have no idea about the <> problem. Sorry.

Hope this helps a little! :-)

Thank you now problem 1 and 2 are gone!

Which country is your keyboard configured for? Do those keys do anything at all? I know that country variations can result in a couple of keys doing different things, but the rest being as expected.

My keyboard is configed for the swedish language. All keys and the special characters like åäö in our country works fine but not the key
I mentioned above. I need it when programming C++