Lothar Brenner wrote:
>
> Steve Philp schrieb:
> > Lothar Brenner wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello
> > >
> > > After Installation of mandrake 5.3 I can not login because the keyboard
> > doesen´t
> > > work correctly. Writing the word "root" the screen displays "r66t". It
> > loooks as
> > > if the right part of the keyboard is absolutly confused.
> > > By the way: I did another Installation with a SuSe-Evaluation Version and it
> > > worked well.
> >
> > It's caused because of Mandrake turning on the NUM LOCK when the system
> > starts. If you have a way to turn off NUM LOCK on that laptop, turn it
> > off, then login. I've only ever heard of laptops being affected, is
> > that correct?
> >
> > To stop it from happening again, edit /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit and comment
> > out the following lines:
> >
> > # Linux Mandrake : this little script switch on the LEDs
> > # in console mode
> >
> > INITTY=/dev/tty[1-8]
> > for tty in $INITTY; do
> > setleds -D +num < $tty
> > done
> >
> > That should do it!
> >
> > --
> > Steve Philp
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Hi Steve
>
> Thank you for helping me. You were right: My PC is a notebook and things worked
> after turning off the NUM LOCK key.
>
> But now there is the next problem:
> After a correct login the KDE-screen is displayed. But it is in a low resolution
> and only a part of the screen is seen.
Try using the Ctrl-Alt-<NumPad +> and Ctrl-Alt-<NumPad -> to change
resolutions. If it works, and you find one you like, edit
/etc/X11/XF86Config and delete the resolutions that you don't want.
--
Steve Philp
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
