[WBEL-users] Pilgrims progress -- New install after up2date no keyboard

[Benjamin J. Weiss]

Robert Moskowitz wrote:

>
> I found a keyboard (a compaq one) with a long enough cable to reach 
> over to the monitor......
>
> Same behavior.
>
> Nothing works in level 5.  level 3 behaves the same as before
>
> One more observation.
>
> When I login as user and startx, the desktop icons show up, but the 
> task bar on the bottom is empty.
>
> <c-a-d> brings up a strangely empty dialog, but knowing the content, I 
> was able to just logoff.  This brought me back to character mode.  I 
> really logged out, come in as root, and things work.

Just a note...If you have run level 3 as the default in /etc/inittab and 
are starting X with the startx command, you can exit from X with 
<control> <alt> <backspace>.  This ends X and brings you back to run 
level 3. 

Ben