On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 01:30, S. Hakim Hamdani wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I have just managed (after a few hickups during install) to get Woody to
> install really clean on a Sharp Actius A290. Apart from the fact that I chose
> the wrong video resolution (reinstall? I can´t seem to find any tool to change
> the resolution, and the X server reports only 800 x 600 available), I have the
> following strange problem:
No need to reinstall. Just use dpkg-reconfigure to change the your
configurations. Start with getting your keyboard working correctly in
the console BEFORE mucking with your X-setup.
>
> The laptop uses a QWERTY/us keyboard. During install (text-based) the keyboard
> behaves really strangely when using certain letters. E.g. when typing the
> hostname and the like, for example an R will come out as R^[[ and so forth.
> This caused some problems during the password stage and despite my best
> efforts, I couldn´t log in in text mode. When using graphical login, no
> problems. The keyboard behaves fine in all KDE or Gnome apps.
>
> However, if I go into bash, this strange behaviour reappears. Like the
> keyboard was to sensitive and producing these strange characters.
>
> The only other machine I ever saw this type of behaviour on was an Intergraph
> Zx10, but also only in text-mode.
>
> Can anyone help out with this? I am past my knowledge here.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Hakim.
>
To reconfigure your keyboard:
dpkg-reconfigure console-data
Try selecting a different keyboard. I don't know specifically about
yours, but start by trying the standard 104 key layout.
Now, when your console is working nicely, reconfigure X:
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
Make sure you select to 'manage XF86config with debconf' or similar
option at the start. Then go through without changing settings until you
get to the resolution part. Choose your resolution.
Restart X.
Regards
Damien
