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The keyboard section of XF86Config-4 seems OK, unless there should be a value for XkbOptions Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard1" Driver "Keyboard" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "en_US" Option "XkbOptions" "" EndSection The only change I made in the compile was disabling APM and compiling "Button" and "CPU" from ACPI into the kernel.

I tried to recompile the kernel (9.2rc2 2.4.22-6mdk) and ran into various problems. Decided to return to the default kernel and made changes accordingly: Uninstalled and re-installed kernel sources - I had problems with different kernel headers urpme kernel-source urpmi kernel-source Copied defconfig to .config cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/defconfig /usr/src/linux.config Checked that syslinks vmlinuz config initrd.img kernel.h System.map all pointed to the correct kernel version (2.4.22-6mdk) Edited lilo.conf (I'm booting from a different Mdk partition. 9.2 is on hda9) image=/mnt/mdkroot/boot/vmlinuz label="Mdk92" root=/dev/hda9 initrd=/mnt/mdkroot/boot/initrd.img append="quiet noapic devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi acpi=off" vga=788 read-only Everything starts up with no errors and brings me to init:3. Install the Nvidia drivers sh downloads9.2/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2.run Nvidia install without a hitch exit startx Nvidia screen flashes and I get a pageful of errors, all very similar to this excerpt: The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: > Warning: Symbol map for key <ESC> redefined > Using last definition for conflicting fields > Warning: Symbol map for key <TLDE> redefined > Using last definition for conflicting fields > Warning: Symbol map for key <AE01> redefined > Using last definition for conflicting fields > Warning: Symbol map for key <AE02> redefined > Using last definition for conflicting fields > Warning: Symbol map for key <AE03> redefined > Using last definition for conflicting fields > Warning: Symbol map for key <AE04> redefined > Using last definition for conflicting fields > Warning: Symbol map for key <AE05> redefined > Using last definition for conflicting fields > Warning: Symbol map for key <AE06> redefined > Using last definition for conflicting fields I assume it's to do with the keyboard, but I don't know how to fix it.

You don't say what type of files you are trying to install. If the extension is .tar.gz the terminal command is "tar -xvzf filename.tar.gz". Then go into the directory that is created and type "./configure". Once that finishes, type "make". Next step is su to root, type "make install". Barring errors, your program should be installed. If the extension is .tar.bz2. the command is "tar -xjvf filename.tar.bz2" and follow the same procedure as above. If it's another extension, post here again

Linux needs either a ext2 (or other linux-recognised format) partition or empty space on the disk which can be formatted Linux won't install on fat32. How is your hard disk set up? Do you have Windows or other partitions on the disk?

I can't change fonts when editing styles in fluxbox, eg the menu font. There is always the same font no matter what style I use or what font I specify in the style file. How can I set the font path in flux so it recognizes all my fonts in /usr/share/fonts?

Whenever I click a .jpg or .png file which is associated with kuickshow, the program opens for an instant , then disappears. I can see it is active in the toolbar, but if I try to maximise it from there, all I get is a windowframe with a black background. If I open kuickshow fron a menu or Eterm, it opens normally and I can preview images, but if I try to open the full image, I get the black background. Where does fluxbox control how a window/app opens? Alternately, what other simple image viewers are out there? mdk 9.2rc2 fluxbox-0.9.6-0.pre9mdk

I've installed gdesklets sysinfo and everything works, but I can't get the clock.display to work. If I put in "~$ gdesklets /path/to/clock.display" it returns an error "The display file contains invalid data and could not be loaded" I installed gDesklets-0.22.1.tar.bz2 and various sensors in bz2 format. I have Light-theme and Dark-theme versions of the clock and both return the same error I have the ExternalInterval sensor installed I'm going to try a different version; meantime, any other suggestions?

OK Steve, you were on the right track. I copied if [ $TERM != "emacs" ];then LS_OPTIONS="$LS_OPTIONS --color=auto" fi alias ls="ls $LS_OPTIONS" from /etc/profiles.d/alias.sh to ~/.bashrc and I have my colors back! Thanks to you and Booyah

One more thing: if I su to root in Eterm and type "ls", the output is colored, but as a normal user it's monocolor

Here's my alias.sh file , maybe somebody can see an error # Linux-Mandrake configuration: Chmouel Boudjnah <chmouel@mandrakesoft.com> # # Common Aliases for a system. # # The Semantic is : # If exist a ~/.alias and the user hasn't specified a # LOAD_SYSTEM_ALIAS variables then don't do any system aliases # If there is no ~/.alias but the user has specified a # IGNORE_SYSTEM_ALIASES then don't do any system aliases. [[ -f ~/.alias ]] && [[ -z $LOAD_SYSTEM_ALIASES ]] && return 0 [[ -n $IGNORE_SYSTEM_ALIASES ]] && return 0 [ -e /etc/sysconfig/system ] && . /etc/sysconfig/system eval `dircolors --sh /etc/DIR_COLORS` # default ls options LS_OPTIONS="-F" # this should be removed once the bug with ls and multibytes locales is fixed [ -r /etc/profile.d/lang.sh ] && . /etc/profile.d/lang.sh case "$LC_ALL$LC_CTYPE" in ja*|ko*|zh*) LS_OPTIONS="$LS_OPTIONS --show-control-chars";; *) if [ "`locale charmap`" = "UTF-8" ]; then LS_OPTIONS="$LS_OPTIONS --show-control-chars" fi;; esac # emacs doesn't support color if [ $TERM != "emacs" ];then LS_OPTIONS="$LS_OPTIONS --color=auto" fi alias ls="ls $LS_OPTIONS" alias d="ls" alias l="ls" # classical listing. alias ll="ls -l" # List detailled. alias la='ls -a' # List all. alias lsd="ls -d */" # List only the directory. alias cd..="cd .." alias s="cd .." alias p="cd -" alias md="mkdir" alias rd="rmdir" alias cp="cp -i" alias mv="mv -i" alias rm="rm -i" # Make a filter for less if [ -x /usr/bin/lesspipe.sh ];then export LESSOPEN="|/usr/bin/lesspipe.sh %s" fi if [ -n "$CLASS" -a "$CLASS" = "beginner" ];then # Size of a directory (by default Human Readable). alias du='du -h' # Size of a disk (by default Human Readable). # and don't probe supermount alias df='df -h -x supermount' fi Is there supposed to be a "DIR_COLORS" directory in /etc?

I already have the option in /etc/profile.d/alias.sh, but it's not working for some reason. If I type ls --color=auto in Eterm the output is in color. Maybe I need to fix something in Eterm user.cfg. I'll have a look

I eventually gave up on e17, I couldn't get it to start at all. After a few days of trying, I figured if it's this hard to get to stage one, I'm either lacking some file or something is wrong with my computer. It couldn't possibly be lack of knowledge, right? :D Now I'm trying to make fluxbox look pretty, but I'd still like to get e17 going

I've tried Eterm, aterm and Konsole, no colors in any of them. All files, dirs,links etc are one color. Colors do work though, my prompt and root prompt are still their original colors.

I figured out question 2: "buttonbar 0" in Eterm/user.cfg

1) I used to have different colors for files, directories,links,etc in Eterm until I started using fluxbox. Since then it's all one color. How can I get the colors back? 2) I've set up Eterm (in fluxbox) without borders, but I still have the menubar on top. How to get rid of it? 3) Easiest question last: When I read a man page in terminal, I've never figured out how to get back to the prompt when I'm done. I've tried "exit", "esc", "end", "back, satan", but nothing works. What's the magic word?

I think there's a problem with the installation. There's no "enlightenment" in /usr/X11R6/bin. I tried with Xtart but it only shows KDE as a choice. How could the install go smoothly (with all deps) and the most important file not be installed? As I said before, there is a Enlightenment dir in /usr/share/enlightenment, plus subdirectories. A system-wide search for "enlightenment" brings up only this directory. Short of uninstalling and re-installing I don't know what to do next.

OK, I tried that and the entry does appear as an option, but selecting it does nothing. The DM is oviously trying to load Enlightenment but not finding it. What is the executable called and where is it supposed to be?

I have e17 installed along with all dependancies but I can't get it started. There is no Enlightenment option in any of the desktop managers I've tried (KDM, GDM, MdkDM, XDM) I have a directory in /usr/share/enlightenment with various sub-directories but I can't find the executable to start it (it's not in /usr/bin) I read rcxau's post about gdm and e17 but it doesn't help me without the executable file. Also checked the Enlightenment forum without finding much. Everything was installed with Mdk rpms. It took me long enough to install, now I'd really like to use it. edit: BTW, I'm using Mdk 9.2rc2

Just checked Mozilla: Edit-Preferences-Privacy+Security-Passwords. You can edit your passwords here as you like. I only use these two browsers, so I can't help you with anything else

In Mozilla Firebird go to Tools-Options-Privacy-Saved Passwords. Click on the "+" and select "View Saved Passwords". You can delete whatever you need to there. I don't know about Mozilla, but it shouldn't be too different

Do you have a customized bash prompt? After I customized mine, I had the over-writing-on-same-line problem, until I read this: This is an excerpt from this page. I checked my prompt again and found I'd left out a "[" sequence. Once I put it in, the problem disappeared Edit: I'm using Konsole, but I'm sure the rule holds for Eterm

I'm downloading 9.2 rc2 right now and plan to install tomorrow. I'm not going to bother upgrading KDE 3.1.0 on 9.1, I'll just limp along like this until rc2 is set up. This all started about the time I installed Fluxbox and started configuring and experimenting. Pretty sure that's the cause. The menudrake reinstall made no difference, I'll tinker around a bit more, see what I can find. Thanks for the ideas

I've since found there's nothing in the Control Centre. The left panel is empty. Maybe one of the menu packages are corrupt? I'll try reinstalling menudrake

The only stuff I have in the Kicker menu is bookmarks, Quick Browser and a few other items. All my other menus are gone. It looks like each time I restart Mdk the menu disappears. This has happened before, but I was able to fix it in MCC/System/Menudrake. That doesn't work anymore. How can I get my menu back?

I've started using Ksmoothdock with KDE and I'd like to get rid of the default desktop Panel. Anyone know how to do this? I've tried clicking Configure Panel, but for some reason it's not working