On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, steve winston wrote: > I have had to reinstall Potato six times now. Something goes wrong each > time, leaving me with a non-functioning system. I am using LInux System > Labs CDs, the 3-cd set. > Right now, the mouse doesn't work. It's either frozen or bouncing > uncontrollable all over the screen. OK, I see that I must disable gpm to > get it to work. But how can I disable gpm? I have no access to it. > Debian bounces straight into GNOME. Ctl-alt-bkspace just takes me back > to the GNOME log-in. Isn't there some way for me to get into the command > line?
Ctrl-Alt-F2, log in as root, "/etc/init.d/gpm stop". Or "apt-get remove gpm" to remove it completely. After that, you might have to Ctrl-Alt-Backspace in gdm again to get the mouse working. Regards, Anne Bezemer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
