Re: re-installation snag wrong mouse selected
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 17:46:56 +0100
Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 09:35:28AM -0800, J Y wrote:
> > Thanks..yes I know the command to reconfigure the xserver & mouse. I
> > just can't get a terminal window to open. Well I did actually in
> > Gnome but there was a dialogue box in front of the shell and I
> > couldn't see the terminal window. After hobbling about the desktop
> > with an erratic mouse and then just the tab an arrow keys I must
> > have done more damage to the system because now the keyboard doesn't
> > work in debian either. It works fine in SuSe, (where I'm writing
> > this from). I don't believe that one mistake means I need to to do
> > yet another re-install.....oh well.
>
> Stop right there: you shouldn't need to reinstall. Have you tried
> Ctrl-Alt-F1 yet? (The lists are slow so my earlier post saying this
> doesn't seem to have made it; cc'ing you explicitly just in case
> something's stuck.)
>
I'll say they're slow.
A post I sent three days ago only just made it to the list.
Regards,
David.
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