On Tuesday 10 February 2004 21:45, Bob Mills wrote: > I installed Debian Linux 3.0 on a i386 PC using the downloaded CD images. > I had an old serial mouse attached to the PC. When asked by the > installation what port the mouse was on, I wasn't sure, but answered TTY0, > believing that was the serial port. I also apparently told the > installation to install KDE. When I rebooted, a graphical interface > appeared where I entered the user name and password. I found the mouse > didn't work. When I hit Enter I was taken to the KDE desktop. I was > unable to navigate without the mouse. I couldn't find keystrokes that would > allow me to exit KDE, and I manually powered off the PC. Thinking that > Linux might not be able to read my mouse on a serial port I installed a PS2 > mouse, but with the same result. > > > > 1. How can I get either the serial mouse or PS2 mouse configured? > > > > 2. How can I get into a command line interface from the graphical login > window without the mouse?
1. try /dev/ttyS0 or /dev/ttyS1 for the serial mouse. 2. i haven't used kde in years but i think you can get to the start menu equivalent with ctrl-esc or alt-esc. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
