On Tuesday 21 September 2004 07:01, Tom & Karen Pino wrote:
> Brian,
> Called Lorin and he gave this a try. He got to the menu and could
> not get any of it to work with the enter key or a number of other key
> strokes (linux commands, I assume).
>
> I assume that this means that the install of his 9.1 is screwy in
> some way and he should reinstall. If this assumption is correct and
> I am not having a MS moment, should he reformate his HD or just
> reload?
>
> Or is there something else that we are over looking here?
>
> He really liked that menu. Too bad it won't work.
> Tom
>
> Brian Parish wrote:
> >On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 09:42, Tom & Karen Pino wrote:
> >
> >
> >Welcome Tom,
> >
> >Can't provide you with exact settings for this mouse, but have him
> > try this:
> >
> >At the boot manager prompt (I assume he's installed with lilo),
> > press Esc to get the boot prompt, then type:
> >
> >linux init 3
> >
> >That will boot the machine without starting X - i.e. command line
> > only. Login as root and then type:
> >
> >drakconf
> >
> >That will produce a menu including mouse selection - probably under
> >hardware. It's been a while since both 9.1 and using this interface
> > for me, so I'm unable to be more specific.
> >
> >Hopefully that will at least get a start on fixing the problem.
> >
> >HTH
> >Brian
You can select the mouse configuration with the up and down arrow keys.
The tab key lets you then select 'OK' or 'cancel'. If 'OK' is
highlighted you can press 'enter' and you should at least get a bit
further.
Good luck!
-Frans
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