Re: Issues with Gnome-2.8
On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 02:18:21 +0000, Sam Halliday <fommil@yahoo.ie> wrote:
> hi there,
>
> i have been a long time blackbox user, but recently decided that maybe a full
> blown desktop would be nice for a change. so i installed gnome-2.8 from
> testing/unstable. it looks very sweet, but i have several issues which i hope
> some people can help me with:
>
> - gnome overrides .Xmodmap (even if i try and load it manually in .gnomerc),
> and i have a non trivial setup which i wish to use... the gnome keyboard
> configuration program does not appear sophisticated enough to do what i want.
> is there any way to use an Xmodmap style setup in gnome? specifically, i wish
> to do this (this is my .Xmodmap)
> keycode 64 = Mode_switch
> keycode 115 = Alt_L
> keycode 116 = Meta_L
> keycode 108 = Multi_key
> clear Mod1
> clear Mod2
> clear Mod3
> clear Mod4
> clear Mod5
> add Mod1 = Alt_L
>
I've a quite simple keyboard configuration, X composing and a CTRL
instead of the CapsLock, but i've noticed too that Gnome override X
keyboard layout.
I don't recall exactly how xmodmap works, as a workaround maybe you
can create a simple script to launch it with the gnome-session...
> - i like to run emacs and dvi viewers in fullscreen mode in blackbox. but i
> see no way to remove the window shades from a running program under gnome...
> surely there must be a way! anyone know how? proper fullscreen mode would be
> even more appreciated (i.e. no window shades or gnome panels in view at all)
>
I don't know enough of Metacity, maybe there's an hidden option to do
it, you probably need to use a different WM (i like how Sawfish
works)...
> - on startup i get a warning about the permissions of /dev/pmu being
> incorrect. i don't want to go messing with the permissions of it... so how can
> i turn off whatever is trying to access it?
>
Dunno about this one, is this a powerbook?
Andrea
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