Re: help! my usb keyboard works only slightly on install

2006-11-17 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 11:33:14PM -0800, David Gluss wrote: > > I did achieve success by setting the root password to 888, and skipping > the create user step. This was done with a USB-ps2 dongle. So the > installation > kernel definitely supports USB. The serial console is the (darn it) obvi

RE: help! my usb keyboard works only slightly on install

2006-11-16 Thread David Gluss
as I can tell so far, the Sun x4100 is a smokin' hot machine. Boots really fast. DG -Original Message- From: Douglas Tutty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu 11/16/2006 2:36 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: help! my usb keyboard works only slightly on install O

Re: help! my usb keyboard works only slightly on install

2006-11-16 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 07:23:50PM -0800, David Gluss wrote: > I am installing on AMD64 using the netinst CD, from testing. This has > been happening (apparently just to me??) for months with various > versions of the installer. During various selections, such as "what > is your hostname" and "wh

help! my usb keyboard works only slightly on install

2006-11-14 Thread David Gluss
I am installing on AMD64 using the netinst CD, from testing. This has been happening (apparently just to me??) for months with various versions of the installer. During various selections, such as "what is your hostname" and "what is your username" and "what is the root password", none of the key