Re: *mostly solved* Re: X4.0.3 and (german) keyboard problems on PM7600/132
Manuel Reiter wrote:
> > - I have X 4.0.3 up and running on the onboard video hardware (2MB of
> > video RAM) using the framebuffer device. However, everything has a
> > magenta hue, regardless of resolution. I include XF86Config-4 and
> > xdm.log and would be grateful for any help.
>
> X seems to be fine in 24 and 15 bpp. I thought I'd tried that before, but
> X seems to ignore the -bpp option on startup and only adjusts the color
> depth if it's in the XF86Config file.
Try -depth instead. Depth 15 is also 16 bpp in X terminology.
> I'd still be interested to know why 16 bpp doesn't work, but 15 bpp at
> 1152x864 is fine for me.
Depth 16 is broken because the framebuffer device is broken.
> > - My german Apple Extended ADB keyboard is working on console and in X.
> > However, the keys '<' and '^' seem to be swapped and, more importantly,
> > I have no way to type an '@' or the pipe character ('|'). I can't even
> > begin to tell you how handicapped I feel on the console without my
> > trusty pipe ;) Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> I have solved the keyswaps following Stefan's suggestions but have still
> no luck with the 'pipe' and 'at' characters in X.
The best solution would probably be to switch to Linux keycodes and use
XkbModel "macintosh" (may only work with XFree86 4.1.0).
> > - While my one-button ADB mouse is working in X, three-button emulation is
> > either not or I haven't figured it out. I tried the obvious approaches
> > (all of Ctrl, Alt, Cmd, the F-keys) but to na avail. Again, thanks in
> > advance for any light shed on this.
>
> I have fixed these, again thanks to Stefan, by putting
>
> echo "1" > /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button_emulation
> echo 100 > /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button2_keycode
> echo 97 > /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button3_keycode
>
> into /etc/init.d/gpm , and now have the middle button on 'alt gr' and the
> right button on the right 'ctrl' key.
/etc/init.d/gpm isn't the best place for this, see sysctl.conf(5).
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