figuring out airport problem

[Eric Tse]

I still have the mouse problem. As for Airport, I've learned that to 
type in the key of your wireless network for strings, you need to have a 
"s:" before the key.

For example: /sbin/iwconfig eth1 essid <network name> key s:<network key>

Anyway, I still don't know what's up with the mouse, but I think it has 
to do with the fact that I installed everything with a USB mouse plugged 
in.

Eric


Eric Tse wrote:

> I installed YDL 2.3 with a Kensington USB mouse plugged into my iBook 
> (dual usb).
>
> It seems that without the mouse plugged in, I can't start X. X can run 
> with just the trackpad, but can't seem to start with just the 
> trackpad. X says it is looking for /dev/mouse, which isn't available 
> (obviously?). I know I can edit the core pointing device in 
> /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 ,but i'm not sure how to configure the pointing 
> device for my iBook's trackpad.
>
> Thanks,
> Eric
>
> P.S. I need to access my wireless network, but iwconfig seems to want 
> an 8 digit (128-bit?) network key, and it won't take the 5 digit key 
> that my network uses. Any ideas on this one? Thanks.
>
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