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thanks I will try it, in the mean time I should have said when I open kwrite and type eg (shift) quotes and hold down shift and keep on pressing on that example key sometimes it prints to screen and sometimes not. I did not think of changing kb model simply because when it works it has the layout of what I need for a qwerty board.

I have Mdk 10.1 Ce std kernel 2.6.8.1-10 Most of my keys on my Labtec cordless keyboard work and I am using it now. some keys are not working correctly the exclaimation mark ! the tilde ~ the aprostophre ´ and the quotes ¨ The quotes and the apostophre are the ones I would love to have working first time. Now sometimes these work after doing a few presses and sometime I have to press shift then pause then press the offending key.......sometimes I have to press a key next to it and then the offending key and then delete the typo Not good. The batteries have been tested and a full. Any clues on what I do next. I spend all my time in KDE if that is an issue. thanks

Hi I have a working computer, Mdk 10.1 CE std kernel 2.6.8.1-10 I am trying to install ksensors and various other files and altho I can edit my local scripts file I am trying to edit my /etc/modules.conf file. its format is a PCX which looks like a graphics type file. Any clues as to is that normal and if not how do I fix? Any other hints would be greatly appreciated as well. 2) I have made a puny attempt to amend the extension to dot txt but with no luck. [moved from Installing Mandrake by spinynorman]

have just got my seagate 80 G SATA and hdparm does not give a lot of info, errors for me on I, i & m but hdparm -c3d1u1X67 /dev/sda and hdparm -Tt /dev/sda gave me the best of the lowest 1030/280 averaged over 3 runs. this was with mdk 10.1 CE std kernel and kde running and cups running etc....ie I did not kill any process so its more real than going into non-gui mode 2) c3d1u1 gave the biggest increases from my default of 1045/58 yes I know the higher number has dropped. 3) I still have not got my mobo to treat my sata as a NON-RAIDED and am unable at this early stage to get it to act like a normal drive. Time will tell. 4) without tweaking the knoppix 3.6 cd using kernel 2.4 partimage said it wrote at 454 M/sec a time of 3 min 20 sec for 1.47 G of data for my main partition. I am going to do a rebuild as my 1 G of ram has left my 2 swaps untouched so will grab some. Yes I don t mind rebuilding. the images will work as my partitions will become larger, heh heh

Others may reply but will check out the advice given thanks thanks and many thanks

Hi am getting a LB burner model gcc4521B anyone care to recommend reliable media for burning as cdr? I can easily get sony ttk and imation but would prefer to take your advice

hmm, yes I thought it may be a 2.6 series but in browsing the cd media kernel packages they don't list one called 'sata' so will take pot luck when I get my greedy hands on my precious....heh heh if it works (i expect pc to be available in 2 weeks) I will post my specs

quadophile If you get a chance I am getting the same SATA, can you advise which kernel you opted for and have you had a chance to run hdparm and see what your reads are like Thanks for any time you spend answering my queries