nano -w /etc/rc.conf

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sw4qw · Post by **sw4qw** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:55 pm

MMMKAY,
So I'm at that point in the install, just after I get done building the kernel and I open /etc/rc.conf and start setting things up when I apparently accidentally tapped exit, and the keyboard went to crap, y'know keys doing the wrong things and now I can't use my keyboard correctly thus can't fix the problem or go back and edit it again.

Would LOVE a suggestion.

Jeld · Post by **Jeld** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:56 pm

if this is just a terminal going haywire maybe typeing reset<enter> would help

sw4qw · Post by **sw4qw** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:58 pm

i can't type anything enter

oh and btw, it seems like after pressing a few keys they start doing something DIFFERENT from what they were doing a minute ago, and NONE of them produce any visible characters

linerminator · Post by **linerminator** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 10:01 pm

why not boot from the cd once again, mount your partitions, chroot and pick up where you left...

sw4qw · Post by **sw4qw** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 10:09 pm

Yeah, I think that's what I'm gonna do, would love to know what the heck happened though.

sw4qw · Post by **sw4qw** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 10:37 pm

OKEY DOKEY, same damn thing.

As soon as I get to:

env-update
source /etc/profile

Its all downhill from there.

abzs2k · Post by **abzs2k** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 11:01 pm

Do the following (in the chrooted environment):

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rm /etc/profile.env
source /etc/profile

Does it still happen then?
If it does not, then there's something wrong with your /etc/env.d.
If it does, then there's something wrong with your /etc/profile (corrupted perhaps).
Post back what happens. Either way, there's something wrong, and you probably shouldn't continue with the rest of the installation, until the problem is solved.