Re: Stuck at desktop
Incoming from Peter Klauer:
> I have just installed Debian GNU/Linux i386 Woody, Version 3.0r5.
> It boots to the Gnome Desktop Manager where my keyboard is recognized
> and I can log in. That puts me to the Gnome 1.4 desktop GUI where my
> mouse is not recognized and I can find no combination of keys to move
> around the
> desktop to get a command line to work on my mouse. Can someone help me
> maneuver on the desktop with keyboard only?
Better would be to fix your mouse so you wouldn't have to.
"dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" should walk you through the
process.
Where is your mouse and what type is it? Serial, USB, ps/2, ...? Or
maybe you're just missing a kernel module it needs? What's "lsmod"
say?
Alternatively, you could configure gpm (the console mouse) and have it
pass along mouse events to X, then tell X your mouse is at
/dev/gpmdata; run gpmconfig.
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