Mandrake Linux10.1 installation: synaptics reset failed

[Kappa1]

Hello

I am trying to instal Mandrake Linux 10.1 Official I bought with Linux
mag. I get the following 2 error message when I started to boot from
DVD:
......
......
synaptics reset failed
synaptics reset failed


Of course there were other text before this, I guess some hardware
detections. But after these 2 messages everything is halted.

Also now if I restart my laptop (Compaq Armada E500, 800MHz) it doesnt
boot with Windows2000 Pro but I get the same screen with lines of text
ending with same 2 messages (synaptics reset failed).

I am using any Linux distro for the first time so dont know much aboout
it, but they say Mandrake is easier for the new comers.

Can anybody help how to carry on with the installation.
Thanks in advance.

Kappa1

[jeremy1701]

Sounds like maybe there's an issue with lilo, the boot loader .Do you get the blue screen where you can select which OS to choose? MDK should work on this box, I have it on a Compaq Armada m700, although not dual boot.

Jeremy

[Kappa1]

Hello

I've some additional information to share regarding the boot problem and the error message (synaptics reset failed). There were other messages too so I am pasting whole screen as it was before booting process halted:

Limiting direct PCI/PCI transfers.
Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 100*37
Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 8 ports, IRQ sharing
enabled
ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
ttyS2 at I/O 0x3e8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 0000:00:09.1
PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 0000:00:08.0
PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 0000:00:09.0
RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 128000K size 1024 blocksize
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with
idebus=xx
PIIX4: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:07.1
PIIX4: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:07.1
PIIX4: chipset revision 1
PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide0: BM-DMA at 0x3420-0x3427, BIOS settings: hdaMA, hdaio
Probing IDE interface ide0...
hda: IC25N020ATCS04-0, ATA DISK drive
hdb: Compaq DVD-ROM SD-C2402, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
Using anticipatory io scheduler
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
hda: max request size: 128KiB
hda: 39070080 sector (20003 MB) w/1768KiB Cache, CHS=38760/16/63,
UDMA(33)
hda: hda1
mice: PC/2 mouse device common for all mice
i8042.c: Detected active multiplexing controller, rev 1.0.
serio: i8042 AUX0 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
serio: i8042 AUX1 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
serio: i8042 AUX2 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
serio: i8042 AUX3 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
synaptics reset failed
synaptics reset failed


Thanks a lot for your suggestions in advance.

Kappa1

[jeremy1701]

Do you have any external devices connected (i.e. usb mouse or HD)?

Jeremy

[Kappa1]

Hello

No I don't have any external USB stuff attached. I browsed through some newsgroups, so it seems that my laptop's touch-pad is giving problems but I'm not sure how to resolve that issue. It might be something else that is causing trouble.

Kappa1