Is the cursor in the login box?  Seems to me I remember that if its not, 
you cant type anything

On Monday 04 December 2000 08:09, you wrote:
> I followed some recommendations and installed the Gnome from their
> website with their excellent installer. My system is now a Gnome system,
> but there is one little problem - I can't type my name into the login
> prompt to sign in to it. I've only been able to do it once, after
> rebooting. Even then, the system seemed to crash or something after
> trying to come out of the screensaver - whatever happened I had to
> reboot. As it stands right now, I can't log in at all.
>
> It's getting to the point where I'm REALLY starting to get pissed off...
>
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> Lucas Vogel, Software Developer
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> Exponent, Inc.
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-- 
Jim