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] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]