If you press any of the following, do your keyboard LEDs light up or
toggle: caps-lock, num-lock, or scroll-lock?
If yes, you've got keyboard input, if not, you've got a hosed console.
Shut down, restart, and restart the installation. Skip this particular
step if possible.
On Sat, May 06, 2000 at 08:33:48PM -0600, Cameron Matheson wrote:
> No keypresses do anything. I can't quit it, or switch terminals.
>
> Thanks
> Cam
>
> kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
>
> > The mouse configuration utility does that sometimes. Try to cancel it
> > (<ctrl>-C or <ctrl>-Z), or kill the process from another virtual
> > console. You can configure the mouse later, and gpm really isn't all
> > that important in the grander scheme of things.
> >
> > On Sat, May 06, 2000 at 08:14:50PM -0600, Cameron Matheson wrote:
> > > Hey,
> > >
> > > I'm installing Debian, and I have gotten to the point where I can
> > > configure gpm (during the install part of dselect), unfortunately, it
> > > seems to be locked up. It says:
> > >
> > > I've still 6 devices which mayt be your mouse,
> > > Pelase move the mouse. Press any key when done
> > > (You can specify your device name on cmdline, in order to
> > > avoid this step
> > > . Different baud rates are tried at different times
> > >
> > > It's not doing anything though, even when I move the mouse and press
> > > enter.
> > > What do I do?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Cameron Matheson
> > >
> > >
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> > Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http:/www.netcom.com/~kmself
> > What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand?
> > http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/
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Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http:/www.netcom.com/~kmself
What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand?
http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/
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