On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Mel wrote:
> 1.) graphical
> -ends up directly in a white screen, dont ask me why.
Seems your graphics card doesn't work with XFree86. Once the system is
installed, you can try the framebuffer driver, which should work.
> 2.) expert
> - i am asked to insert the drivers-disk. what drivers disk?
You can use the PCMCIA disk here, if you need PCMCIA support during
installation.
> by clicking <continue> i
> end up in a white screen... (uuhh, this is really strange, i know)
It's normal - at that point, the expert mode installer tries to switch to
X. You might want to try expert text mode, the "4." you missed. But I
don't see how it could change anything about the keyboard.
> 3.) text
> - first i am asked to choose a language for the installation process, i
> choose german. next thing: i shall choose a language for the keyboard
> (notice: NOT the type of keyboard i am using, for example PS/2, just the
> language). i tried them all: de, de latin1, de nodeadkeys, us, .....
> then another dialog-box appears, saying blablabla, but i cannot click the
> ok-button, cos my keyboard does not show any kind of reaction.
Can you boot into rescue mode? (The rescue disk image for Red Hat Linux
6.1 can be found at ftp://people.redhat.com/bero/rescue-6.1/rescue.img)
Does the keyboard work there?
I presume you already tried the updated installer images from
updates.redhat.com?
> bernard: i�m sorry i dont know if my keyboard is using internal USB or the
> likes, all i know is that its a normal 102 keyboard (sorry, not so keen on
> hardware:))
My best guess is the BIOS doesn't speak the proper protocols (if it's a
flash bios, updating to the most current version might help - maybe
they've fixed it). We'll need to find a workaround...
LLaP
bero
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