Thanks to everyone. I was able to resolve this snag I did finally get an open view of the shell in kde and reconfigured-whew! Debian is great!! I just sometimes don't have the patience and knowledge to administer it. (writing down ctrl-alt-F1) I thought I hit every key combination ;) JY
Quoting Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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.) > > Cheers, > > -- > Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***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]
