Guest aref_naa Posted March 30, 2003 Report Share Posted March 30, 2003 This is really 2 separate questions, but I'm sleepy so I don't want to split them. I installed 9.0 on an HP Pavilion 521c, and for the most part it works just fine. Unfortunately, I have noticed that the keyboard mapping in console is a touch screwed up. (I hate to use this as a reference but here goes...) In the Windows command-linew ftp, arrow keys work just fine, such as for repeating commands, etc. but in Linux ftp, up just generates a ^[[A (that's Ctrl-[ [ A). I've tried changing keyboard layout in my terminal, and I've checked out the 'key layout' in KDE config. Anyone have any idea how I can get my arrow keys working right? Additionally, I have a set of burned CD-Roms that I'm trying to copy to disk. After about 5 minutes, using either my CDRW or DVD-Rom, the system 'forgets' that most of the files exist. In Windows, I got cyclic redundancy errors using the CDRW, but the DVDRom worked fime. (Lost files when I repartitioned for Linux, which I'm now using solo because Windows registr crapped out, and I haven't fixed it yet) Is there a way I can fix this? Neither drive is SCSI, if that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonMage Posted March 30, 2003 Report Share Posted March 30, 2003 I think your keyboard is working fine.. If you do command line ftp, the arrow keys won't work, hence it will generate the ^[[A symbols. Try your arrow keys in straight console / terminal and see if it repeats the previous commands. As for your second problem, it is a well known problem that straight out of the box 9.0 have broken supermount (the patch that enables automounting of cdroms and floppy) in the kernel. The result is that after a few minutes, the system cannot read the cdrom anymore, forcing you to eject and reentering the cds. There should be an upgraded kernel now so you can download from a mandrake mirror (here is an example link http://mandrake.redbox.cz/Mandrake/updates/9.0/RPMS/ ) and install them via rpm -ivh kernel-blah-blah.rpm There should be more information somewhere in this board regarding how to upgrade your kernel. Just search for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aref_naa Posted March 30, 2003 Report Share Posted March 30, 2003 thanx for the kernel info- d/ling now. however, the keyboard is still screwy. It works fine for backing up in the shell, but within programs (like FTP and festival, anything with its own prompt) gives ^[[A in all terminals (konsole, eterm, etc) as well as the vcs (ctrl-alt-f1 and the like) for up. The insert ... pgdn block won't work right either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aref_naa Posted March 30, 2003 Report Share Posted March 30, 2003 The kernel fixed the CD problem admirably (at least after I switched back to NV drivers because I hadn't downloaded the source for a new Nvidia kernel module), but KB issues still plague my FTPing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qnr Posted March 30, 2003 Report Share Posted March 30, 2003 Sounds like you might have a problem with termcap/terminfo - You could try reinstalling terminfo and seeing what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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