Re: german keyboard layout / usbmouse / ppp / gnome / gcjquestions
Otto wrote:
> >> how do I configure X to use german keyboard layout?
> >> my XF86Config (I'm using the default potato X server) currently reads
> >>
> >> Protocol "Standard"
> >> XkbLayout "de"
> >> XkbVariant "nodeadkeys"
> >> XkbModel "macintosh"
> >> XkbRules "xfree86"
> >>
> >> but this didn't help at all..
> >
> > The only suggestion I can give here is to try "de_DE" instead of just
> > "de".
>
> that did't work either.. isn't anyone using a german keyboard out there?
Not me, the american layout is handier for coding. :)
I'm sure someone else will be able to help you.
BTW provided you have a German keymap in console, using XkbDisable will give
the same in X, but there may be some problems with modifiers.
> >> how do I configure X to use both the trackpad and my USB mouse as input
> >> devive? my XF86Config says
> >>
> >> Device "/dev/mouse"
> >>
> >> and /dev/mouse is a symblic link to /dev/adbmouse. I tried changing the
> >> link to /dev/usbmouse, but that left me with no mouse or trackpad at
> >> all..
> >>
> >> this is some new input layer stuff, right?
> >
> > Possible. Try /dev/input/mice .
>
> I'd love to give it a try, but unfortunately, the new input layer isn't in
> potato, so I /dev/input/mice doesn't exist.
> is there a debian package to create it?
The question is if you're using the New Input Layer at all. What kernel
version are you running (uname -r)? Does /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/ exist?
For information on the New Input Layer, see
http://homepages.munich.netsurf.de/Franz.Sirl/inputppc.html.
> >> I set up ppp with pppconfig (according to
> >> http://www.oreilly.de/catalog/debian/chapter/ch11_04.html) and ppp
> >> connects fine, but for some reason I can't ping or lynx any damn server..
> >
> > Have you configured it to set the default route? Use 'route -n' to see if
> > there is a default route (0.0.0.0 at the beginning) with the peer IP as
> > gateway.
>
> here's what route -n gives me, I'm not sure if that's correct - the peer IP
> isn't mentioned as gateway, but destination..
>
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
> 134.95.89.129 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0
There is in fact no default route.
If 'route add default gw <peer IP>' helps, either put 'defaultroute' in
/etc/ppp/peers/provider or use pppconfig to make it set the default route.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
CS student, Free Software enthusiast \ XFree86 and DRI project member
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