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.
Quoting Tom Badran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tuesday 23 Sep 2003 16:28, J Y wrote: > > I re-installed deb3.0 and it looked great only two pkgs broke. > > BUT I screwed up and selected the wrong mouse type. Now I can > > login to a great looking desktop but I can't use it! :( > > There's a dialog box open at start up ( no big deal) but I can't > > alt+function key to a terminal/shell. If I could open a shell I > > could just run xconfig again. Does anyone know if there's some > > easy way out of this?? Thanks > > dpkg-reconfigure xfree86-common (might be xfree86-server) > > Tom > > -- > ^__^ | Tom Badran > (oo)\______ | Imperial College > (__)\ )\/\ | Department of Computing > ||----w | | ----------------------- > || || | Using Debian SID > > Linux 2.6.0-test5-mm4 #6 Mon Sep 22 12:50:10 BST 2003 i686 GNU/Linux > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***Protect your PC from local E-Mail Application security holes*** ***Maintain your Privacy - MS Passport Free*** ***Anti SPAM "Whitelist" feature*** http://www.x-mail.net Web Based E-Mail, accessible anywhere Voice Messages, Voice Calls (VoIP), Video Conferencing, Live Chat, X-Mail Messenger, Personal Web Hosting, 128 bit SSL Secure, Calendar, Bookmarks, Forwarding, Virtual Mail Map Aliasing X-Mail Premium: 20MB Messages, 100MB Storage, SMTP, POP3, Ad Free ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anonymous Web Surfing http://www.snoopblocker.com Search http://www.teradex.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
