reassign 174887 debconf thanks #include <hallo.h> * Adam DiCarlo [Fri, Jan 03 2003, 12:43:32PM]: > Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 23:19:01 -0600 > From: "THOMAS CUNY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Bug#174887: (no subject) > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >From: Adam DiCarlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "THOMAS CUNY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: Bug#174887: (no subject) > >Date: 01 Jan 2003 13:59:40 -0600 > > > > > >reassign 174887 boot-floppies > >retitle 174887 [i386] keyboard problem on emachines t1742 > >thanks > > > >"THOMAS CUNY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > System: eMachines T1742 purchased from Best Buy with Windows XP > > > preinstalled > > > Software: Debian Woody 3.0 cdroms purchased from Linux Central > > > > > > Problem: Installation > > > in screen "Configuring Locales" > > > a box is displayed of locales to select > > > The only keys that are accepted from the keyboard are > > > <up arrow>, <down arrow>, and <F12>. <up arrow> and > > > <down arrow> move the cursor up and down the box. > > > <F12> terminates processing the page and probably causes > > > abnormal operation of the configuration script. > > > >You are saying the enter key doesn't work? Thus you are not able to > >continue from this screen? > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The <enter> key does not work.
Looks like some breakage in the debconf frontend. > Nothing in the box can be selected or deselected. > The <F12> key continues the installation process in some abnormal mode. > The kernel is 2.2.20. > Debian has bf2.4 but when I tried one time to install it it would not > boot due to some missing drivers. > The keyboard is PS/2 with Din connector. > The keyboard meets the description of a PC-104 keyboard. > The BIOS says nothing about keyboard emulation. > The BIOS is Phoenix 6.0 > > After the system it completely installed with root login and user > login created, the problem can be recreated by running: > apt-get install locales > > The system never gets xserver installed without manual editing of the > config file. This system uses an Intel 845 motherboard and I have to > download kernel 2.4.20 and various other files to get it to run > correctly. I have not done that yet. > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > > -- Wer Stabilit�t aufgibt, um Benutzerfreundlichkeit zu bekommen, verdient keins der beiden und bekommt meist auch keins. -- frei nach B. Franklin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
