YES! Using this mouse copy & paste technique allowed me to successfully reboot, without the keyboard.
This keyboard has given me trouble in the past (Dell Quietkey). I am a former casual RedHat user, and in the past I would have simply hit the power key. This keyboard trouble happens infrequently enough that I haven't really persued solving the problem. Well, I ordered a Happy Hacking Lite 2 keyboard today. If the new keyboard works flawlessly, than I will know the source of this trouble. Since installing Debian about two weeks ago, I have subscribed to this list and I have tremendously benefited from the information. So far, learning Debian has gone very well, and yes, it is actually exciting. One of the responses concerning using a plam pilot to interface with my machine will need further investigation. Thanks for helping! Barry On Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 12:52:35PM -0800, Peter Jay Salzman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > heh. i've had this happen. > > if you're luck enough to have the letters "s", "u", either "h", "a", "l", > "t" or "r", "e", "b", "o", t" and all the letters in your root password, > you can cut and paste your way into a reboot. this has happened to me > before, and worked. > > can you ssh into your machine? that would be easiest of all. > > pete > > On Thu 15 Mar 01, 3:14 PM, Mathieu, Barry said: > > Trouble. > > > > My keyboard is not responding (poof - dead), even the LED indicator for caps > > lock doesn't > > illuminate. I have X running, w/ ICEWM. There is a mouse menu that allows > > reboot, but > > only works if logged-in as root, which I am not. And, I am a bit of a Linux > > newbie. > > > > Is there anyway to reboot my machine simply by using the mouse? Is there > > any way > > to re-establish communication with the keyboard w/ only a mouse? Any ideas? > > I really don't want to push that power button. > > > > Sigh, > > Barry > > -- > "Coffee... I've conquered the Borg on coffee!" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Kathryn Janeway on the virtues of coffee www.dirac.org/p > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >