Re: re-installation snag wrong mouse selected

2003-09-25 Thread Pigeon
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 h

Re: re-installation snag wrong mouse selected

2003-09-25 Thread David Palmer.
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 17:46:56 +0100 Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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

Re: re-installation snag wrong mouse selected

2003-09-25 Thread Colin Watson
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 h

Re: re-installation snag wrong mouse selected

2003-09-25 Thread Frank Gevaerts
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 h

Re: re-installation snag wrong mouse selected

2003-09-25 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 16:30:22 +0200, J Y wrote: > I re-installed deb3.0 and it looked great only two pkgs broke. ? > BUT I screwed up and selected the wrong mouse type. Now I can > login to a great looking desktop but I can't use it! :( > There's a dialog box open at start up ( no big deal) bu

Re: re-installation snag wrong mouse selected

2003-09-25 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 07:28:45AM -0800, J Y wrote: > I re-installed deb3.0 and it looked great only two pkgs broke. > BUT I screwed up and selected the wrong mouse type. Now I can > login to a great looking desktop but I can't use it! :( > There's a dialog box open at start up ( no big deal) b

Re: re-installation snag wrong mouse selected

2003-09-23 Thread J Y
Thanks to everyone. I was able to resolve this snag I did finally get an open view of the shell in kde and reconfigured-whew! Debian is great!! I just sometimes don't have the patience and knowledge to administer it. (writing down ctrl-alt-F1) I thought I hit every key combination ;) JY Quoting C

Re: re-installation snag wrong mouse selected

2003-09-23 Thread Peter Hugosson-Miller
J Y wrote: Quoting Tom Badran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Tuesday 23 Sep 2003 16:28, J Y wrote: I re-installed deb3.0 and it looked great only two pkgs broke. BUT I screwed up and selected the wrong mouse type. Now I can login to a great looking desktop but I can't use it! :( There's a dialog box op

Re: re-installation snag wrong mouse selected

2003-09-23 Thread J Y
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

Re: re-installation snag wrong mouse selected

2003-09-23 Thread Tom Badran
On Tuesday 23 Sep 2003 16:28, J Y wrote: > I re-installed deb3.0 and it looked great only two pkgs broke. > BUT I screwed up and selected the wrong mouse type. Now I can > login to a great looking desktop but I can't use it! :( > There's a dialog box open at start up ( no big deal) but I can't > al

re-installation snag wrong mouse selected

2003-09-23 Thread J Y
I re-installed deb3.0 and it looked great only two pkgs broke. BUT I screwed up and selected the wrong mouse type. Now I can login to a great looking desktop but I can't use it! :( There's a dialog box open at start up ( no big deal) but I can't alt+function key to a terminal/shell. If I could