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Re: deb-ppc: Is debian-configuration broken ?



On Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 09:10:15AM +1000, Brendan J Simon wrote:
> I'm using a G4 machine and am having problems with debian-configuration.
> 
> It is using the dialog interface.  I manage to get through stuff like
> setting up the network but when it asks me about using md5 passwords, I
> find that the keyboard no longer responds.  I try to break to another
> console by pressing ctrl-apple-f2 but that seems to be interpreted as
> the enter key.  I can not break out of the program with ctrl-c or any
> other key combination I try.  The only thing I can do is press the reset
> button.  The other problem is that it automatically boots into this
> program when I reboot.
> 
> Has anyone had similar problems ?

Sounds like you chose the wrong keymap.  Be sure to choose a mac keymap
instead of an i386 qwerty kmap.

Dan

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