Orca dies halfway thru Hardy install

[Deborah Norling]

This is Hardy, the current release. ISO has been checked for integrity using
the official Ubuntu hashes and the CD has been checked using the md5sum.txt
file in the root directory of the CD.
 
The PC is a Fujitsu lifebook 2010C laptop. It's got 512MB of RAM, a 40GB
hard drive and it's a Pentium 4 running at 1.5GHZ. It has no serial port, so
a aheadless install isn't possible.
 
The first install worked great. I just picked all defaults. But this was
just a test install. I am now ready to set up my final partitioning, so I
need to do a final re-install.
 
I get through the partitioner fine. I love this partitioner -- so
user-friendly. I set up separate partitions for /home /var and /backup
without difficulty, and move on to step 5.
 
At Step 5, I'm supposed to supply my full name, user ID and password.
Somewhere in filling out those fields, Orca dies. Sometimes it dies at the
full name field and sometimes while typing in the password.
 
My husband, who is sighted, finished the install for me. It worked fine, but
Orca wasn't talking. He was able to quit Orca but not rerun it again --
apparently a full window manager isn't loaded at this point. I tried having
him press Alt-F2 but no run prompt appears.
 
I've tried this install a couple of times now, and I can't figure out if
Orca is dying when I type fast or if it is this particular step that gets it
flummoxed somehow. I'd like to avoid needing to repeatedly ask him to read
the screen. Could I for example ssh or telnet to the partially installed
system to get Orca going again? Are there other keystrokes I can use to
kill/relaunch Orca? 
 
Later: tried again doing a full install without changing any defaults --
Orca didn't crash but I have a system that is using the entire disk instead
of partitioned the way I want.
 
Any help would be appreciated.
 
--Debee
 
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