Re: Newbie install question re: Mouse
On Tuesday 10 February 2004 21:45, Bob Mills wrote:
> I installed Debian Linux 3.0 on a i386 PC using the downloaded CD images.
> I had an old serial mouse attached to the PC. When asked by the
> installation what port the mouse was on, I wasn't sure, but answered TTY0,
> believing that was the serial port. I also apparently told the
> installation to install KDE. When I rebooted, a graphical interface
> appeared where I entered the user name and password. I found the mouse
> didn't work. When I hit Enter I was taken to the KDE desktop. I was
> unable to navigate without the mouse. I couldn't find keystrokes that would
> allow me to exit KDE, and I manually powered off the PC. Thinking that
> Linux might not be able to read my mouse on a serial port I installed a PS2
> mouse, but with the same result.
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> 1. How can I get either the serial mouse or PS2 mouse configured?
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> 2. How can I get into a command line interface from the graphical login
> window without the mouse?
1. try /dev/ttyS0 or /dev/ttyS1 for the serial mouse.
2. i haven't used kde in years but i think you can get to the start menu
equivalent with ctrl-esc or alt-esc.
ben
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