A few problems in sight switching to Debian

[Gilles Pelletier <gpelleti@enter-net.com>]

I'm not a developer and I'd just like to point a few issues to check 
for the next release. I'm planning to switch to Debian when Etch 
comes out but, for now, my findings are from Knoppix.

My monitor, a Viewsonic VX922, is not set correctly. Il looks OK but, 
when a 1280x1024 image is downloaded it fits more than the screen. I 
now use a file made by PCLinuxOS whcih is correct. Here are the two 
sections that I copied in my XF86Config file:

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "ATI Technologies, Inc. Rage 128 PF/PRO AGP 4x 
TMDS"
        Driver          "ati"
        BusID           "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "VX922"
        Option          "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Default Screen"
        Device          "ATI Technologies, Inc. Rage 128 PF/PRO AGP 4x 
TMDS"
        Monitor         "VX922"
        DefaultDepth    24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           1
                Modes           "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" 
"832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           4
                Modes           "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" 
"832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           8
                Modes           "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" 
"832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           15
                Modes           "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" 
"832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           16
                Modes           "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" 
"832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           24
                Modes           "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" 
"832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

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My printer, an HP Laserjet 1012, which used to work with Knoppix 3.9, 
now doesn't work with Knoppix 5.01. It seems the installation program 
doesn't find the driver. 

There are two keyboards used in Quebec, Canada. The oldest is called 
CF and a newer one is called CA, with which it's possible to write 
accented letters such as "à è ç" in just one stroke. I use the the CA 
keyboard and choosing it in KDE used to be very straightforward. 

In the latest version of KDE, though, the CA keyboard has disappered 
and the CF keyboard has been renamed CA. So all distros using KDE 
have the same problem and I can't find my keyboard anymore.

If this is not plain sabotage, tell me what it is.

Regards!