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Using USB keyboard and Mouse during Mandriva installation
Can't the installation process 'remember' this? ISSUE 6 - Default packages Why are pppoe, pppoeconfig and ipchains selected by default? I hate stupid errors during boot. ISSUE 7 - Errors during installation of console packages I got the following errors during the installation of console-common and -data.

testing system ram
But during installation, right after it finishes reading the boot disk it tries to autodetect my hardware. All is fine until it reaches the keyboard. It attempts to continue the installation and I then come to the screen asking if I use a color monitor. Since it couldn't detect my keyboard can't answer the

WinOnCD
Within a few days they had mastered the keyboard, and within a few weeks they were typing at 40 words per minute. During speed drills they were often able to .... When Microsoft can use it's muscle to keep them quiet, the information doesn't become public. When Google, a company that doesn't cave in to Microsoft

Newbie stuck at login
According to the screen during installation, I was supposed to get a chance to "test" the configuration and a chance to change it if it wasn't ok. itself to just a blank screen with no keyboard input at which point all I can do is hit the reset button and watch the process repeat itself over and over again.

FreeBSD 4.2 Installation - Keyboard Problem
I can't exit the monitor test with a Ctrl+Alt+BckSp combo, which I assume is related to the problem with my keyboard somehow- although it seems fine during the rest of the install process. Machine specs follow: CPU: AMD Athlon 1800XP Motherboard: ASUS A7N266-VM (Socket A) RAM: 512mb PC2100 DDR HDD: Seagate

Just can't install XP!
If there are already 4 slices being used on the disk, you can't do it without getting rid of something first. - During the part in the FreeBSD install where you choose the slice and create it, first you should might want to tell it to delete the new slice and then create it again - it will use only the empty space.

fixes34.2
But I can't use my keyboard or mouse anymore. My only option is to press the power button and let Windows XP do the shut down. - Example #2: I'm playing a game and then a popup box appear to enter some text, either a serial key number during installation or an ip address in multiplayer. Bang, same thing.

keyboard probs during install...
I didn't have this problem when I installed 2007 Spring on my own PC; the install worked fine and recognized by keyboard/mouse during the install. It is also a Dell, but a different model and different bios. To repeat my points, 1) there has to be a setting in the BIOS that will allow use of a USB keyboard.

Explorer 5.0
Solution: Ask keyboard type during installation before asking input. It does. When it asks you for language it sets the keyboard to the language you choose. When it doesn't load, it usually implies that the Sax2 configuration settings for your video hardware are incorrect and Sax2 can't start.

kernel/1817: crash during install of 2.9 on Compaq Proliant 1600R
No dump d o i386/93989 i386 [install] Can't install FreeBSD from IEEE1394 DVD-RW o o i386/94141 i386 [iwi] iwi doesn't work on Acer Laptop o i386/94364 i386 .... enabled on ASUS A6R noteb o i386/93793 i386 [kbd] Keyboard stops working after a shutdown -p now ( o i386/95106 i386 [install] cannot install freebsd,

How to Re-install XP Home
The keyboard I am using is touch-sensitive BTW, and cost approx US$300, can't remember exactly, so I didn't expect it to be better than my PC, and my PC with on being able to access samples from disk during playing (that's how it can use such large sample sets... larger than the total memory on your computer).

Program Loading
I installed mouse as PS2 mouse during UW installation and it worked fine during installation test (moving character 'X' in text mode...). So I tried `mouseadmin` to test the mouse again and now it doesn't work. Of course, keyboard locks up too. I tried several information sources but DejaNews (I can't connect just

just installed mandrake 8.2=> keyboard doesn't work?
Now it occasionally complains that it can't find the Tahiti card. I can - it's on the top of the console) Just for yucks, I un-reserved the IRQ and memory address and got the same results. During installation, Windows will try to install an interrupt for the card. If you were smart and reserved the correct

USB During 4.1-RELEASE Install
... keyboard/NIC conflicts, slow performance, defective when using 133mhz RAM setting in bios) if you have no choice and can't return the motherboard, I notice that the screen occasionally flashes black during installation on my other PCs, as the progress bar moves slowly and inexorably from left to right,

UW 2.1.2: Mouse/Keyboard locking up
By default, Debian will not install XFree. You can however select it at the end of the installation via dselect or tasksel. The mouse couldn't get more than about an inch away from the bottom left hand corner and none of the keyboard shortcuts listed at kde.org were being actioned.

problem while installing FreeBSD
I did note during the tests that the language *offered by default* in the Tools -> Set Language dialog is always the current keyboard language. I don't feel that I've cracked Word's logic re languages, though: I can't, for instance, work out what makes Word decide whether or not to display a language setting

Computer resets during XP install
Several days later, however, as I tried to do the real install, I could use the USB keyboard on the initial kernel configuration screens but then lost the ability to use the keyboard after the actual kernel booted (no matter which config options were chosen). During the boot process, I can see: uhub0: port 1 power

GigaByte GA7-DXR chokes on USB Intellimouse.
In some cases, it's just a matter of changing the name of the suggested target directory during installation. In others, the application will install .... Again, I will only use Linux for the few applications for which there is no DOS version. Arachne can handle many Internet things, but I haven't explored it fully

OT: hardware droolings (was Re: wormboy takes a holiday)
Someone told me to use "Easy Access" or "Universal Access", but I can't seem to find this in my MacOS 8.5.1 (British). I've got the 9.1 discs here too, I thought these might include the necessary tools. Problem here is: you can do almost anything with the keyboard during installation, but when it asks to Accept or

USB Support during Install
I need it to be on the start menu so that the keyboard Shortcut Keys I assign will work. This is why I don't use the standard "Quick Launch" bar. or answers to the questions I've already asked, and I'd also be interested in seeing if any of you can reproduce the problem (or if you can't reproduce the problem).