On Thursday 08 March 2007 11:56, you wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Monday 05 March 2007 13:45, Frans Pop wrote: > > <snip/> > > >>Can you try booting the installer with 'installgui > >>DEBIAN_FRONTEND=newt', switch to VT2 when the first dialog comes up > >>[1] and then give us the output of the following commands: > >>- cat /proc/bus/input/devices > >>- ls -l /dev/input > >>- dfbinfo > > > > Here's the output: > > </snip> > > > Input (00) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard (primary keyboard) > > Type: KEYBOARD > > Caps: KEYS > > > > Input (01) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad (primary mouse) > > Type: MOUSE > > Caps: AXES BUTTONS > > Max. Axis: 1 > > Max. Button: 2 > > > > Input (10) USB tenkeypad > > Type: KEYBOARD > > Caps: KEYS > > > > Input (11) Logitech USB Receiver > > Type: MOUSE > > Caps: AXES BUTTONS > > Max. Axis: 3 > > Max. Button: 15 > > > > Input (12) TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint > > Type: MOUSE > > Caps: AXES BUTTONS > > Max. Axis: 1 > > Max. Button: 2 > > > > > > > > Hope this helps. > > This may be a bug in the input handling subsystem of DFB, we already > had a lot of preoblems with it in the past we fixed. > > In order to detect what's the input peripheral that causes DFB to > crash, could you please try unplugging the numeric keypad and the > wireless mouse receiver and see if the graphical installer still > crashes? > > If the installer should still crash, is there a way to disable from > bios the trackpoint and test again ? > > thanks > > Attilio
I did as you asked and found the culprit. It's the external keypad: a Dynex Model No.: DX-NBKP20. $5.99 at BestBuy. It takes very little money to get into a lot of trouble. Better the keypad than the mice -- I'd think there would be comparatively fewer of these keypads in use. Thanks for the sleuthing and for making etch such a great release. Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
