Re: Installation: input device lock on first graphic screen

2004-01-10 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 12:38:04 +0800, Uwe Dippel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 12:45:46 +0900, Charles Muller wrote: > > > I have one more question on the Mepis/Knoppix comparison, which I'm > > wondering if someone might be able to answer: > > >

Re: Installation: input device lock on first graphic screen

2004-01-09 Thread Uwe Dippel
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 12:45:46 +0900, Charles Muller wrote: > I have one more question on the Mepis/Knoppix comparison, which I'm > wondering if someone might be able to answer: > > One of the things I like best about Mepis is its excellent handling of > video cards and display resolution settings-

Re: Installation: input device lock on first graphic screen

2004-01-09 Thread Charles Muller
Uwe Dippel wrote: > On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 10:23:50 +0900, Charles Muller wrote: > > > After my experience with MEPIS, I was kind of curious about the > > relationship between Knoppix and MEPIS from this respect. With MEPIS > > they clearly state that the kernel is altered, and one shouldn't use > >

Re: Installation: input device lock on first graphic screen

2004-01-09 Thread Uwe Dippel
On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 10:23:50 +0900, Charles Muller wrote: > After my experience with MEPIS, I was kind of curious about the > relationship between Knoppix and MEPIS from this respect. With MEPIS > they clearly state that the kernel is altered, and one shouldn't use > apt-get upgrade, dist-upgrade,

Re: Installation: input device lock on first graphic screen

2004-01-08 Thread Charles Muller
Uwe Dippel wrote: > Quite similar; with DELL Inspiron 8100. Broken BIOS. > > > I'd pop a Knoppix CD in and boot off that to see if it works, just for > > information gathering purposes. > > Actually, I popped in a KNOPPIX and made a knoppix-install. dist-upgrade > to testing. Works. Thanks, Uw

Re: Installation: input device lock on first graphic screen

2004-01-08 Thread Kent West
Charles Muller wrote: On 1/8/2004, "Kent West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> When I try to install either Woody bf24 or Sarge on my Dell >> Dimension XPS 8250 the keyboard and mouse lock up at the moment >> after transition from the text part of the install to the first >> graphic screen "Choose

Re: Installation: input device lock on first graphic screen

2004-01-08 Thread Uwe Dippel
On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 09:05:03 -0600, Kent West wrote: > Charles Muller wrote: > >>When I try to install either Woody bf24 or Sarge on my Dell Dimension XPS >>8250 the keyboard and mouse lock up at the moment after transition from the >>text part of the install to the first graphic screen "Choose L

Re: Installation: input device lock on first graphic screen

2004-01-08 Thread Charles Muller
On 1/8/2004, "Kent West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>When I try to install either Woody bf24 or Sarge on my Dell Dimension XPS >>8250 the keyboard and mouse lock up at the moment after transition from the >>text part of the install to the first graphic screen "Choose Language." >Does the capslo

Re: Installation: input device lock on first graphic screen

2004-01-08 Thread Kent West
Charles Muller wrote: When I try to install either Woody bf24 or Sarge on my Dell Dimension XPS 8250 the keyboard and mouse lock up at the moment after transition from the text part of the install to the first graphic screen "Choose Language." The mouse won't be active at this point anyway, s