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do you start in runlevel 5 (graphical) or runlevel 3 (text mode...) ?
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do you start in runlevel 5 (graphical) or runlevel 3 (text mode...) ?

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it looks like it's in text mode, although I am not hundred persent sure whether it is runlevel 3.
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it looks like it's in text mode, although I am not hundred persent sure whether it is runlevel 3.

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thanks for the answer! I suspected the mouse might be a problem so tried installing again with mouse option set to no mouse and this worked, although I could not start X. Your answer is excellent and I will try it. Thanks again.
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thanks for the answer! I suspected the mouse might be a problem so tried installing again with mouse option set to no mouse and this worked, although I could not start X. Your answer is excellent and I will try it. Thanks again.

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I installed linux-mandrake 6.1 (macmillan 6.5 delux). everything went ok with installation. rebooting after install shows the login screen. but type anything on the keyboard has no effect what so ever. this is repeated several times. hardware is Toshiba 4030CDT without internal modem. any clue? 
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I installed linux-mandrake 6.1 (macmillan 6.5 delux). everything went ok with installation. rebooting after install shows the login screen. but type anything on the keyboard has no effect what so ever. this is repeated several times. hardware is Toshiba 4030CDT without internal modem. any clue? 

keyboard freeze after installation complete

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