Re: deb-ppc: Is debian-configuration broken ?
Brendan J Simon <Brendan.Simon@ctam.com.au> writes:
> Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> Yep, that is exactly what I did. I assumed the default would be the correct
> one.
> I noticed that there is /etc/consode-tools/default.kmap.gz. Is this used for
> the default keymap ?
> Would the correct fix be to copy /usr/share/keymaps/mac/mac-us-std.kmap.gz to
> /etc/default.kmap.gz ?
>
> I'm a bit puzzled as to why it worked for some of the installation and then dies
> later.
I had this same problem--see my messages from ~2 weeks ago in the
archive. You want to delete default.kmap.gz, and the next stage of
the installer will see that there's no keymap and prompt you for one.
Good luck,
cbb
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