Re: keyboard configuration
btw, here are the exact error messages from the x shutdown:
/usr/X11/R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc: gmc: command not found
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc: /usr/bin/X11/enlightenment: No such file
or directory
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc: panel: command not found
waiting for X server to shut down
...and then it does.
On Tue, 7 Nov 2000 kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> on Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 05:32:58PM -0500, urbanyon (urbanyon@urbanyon.com) wrote:
> > On Tue, 7 Nov 2000 kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> >
> > > on Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 01:22:24PM -0500, Brett Singer (brett@brettsinger.com) wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Is there a keyboard configuration program, or a line in the xfconfig file
> > > > that I need to look at? I am getting a non-fatal error when trying to run X
> > > > (console mode, no problems). The keyboard is a little unusual - very small
> > > > (no number pad area), basic ps2 connection.
> > >
> > > Have your run XF86Setup? You're given a number of keyboard
> > > configuration options. From what you're describing, I'm suspecting the
> > > Happy Hacker keyboard may be what you have.
> > >
> > > I'd pick a generic 101 key kbd, then play with xkeycaps afterward.
>
> > thanks for the tip. question - is XF86Setup the same as XF86config?
>
> No.
>
> XF86Setup is a graphical configuration utility. xf86configurator (there
> is no XF86config, though both utilities are designed to create an
> /etc/X11/XF86Config file) is a command-line, menu-driven tool. I find I
> have much better luck (and can navigate more smoothly through)
> XF86Setup, and recommend it strongly.
>
> --
> Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself
> Evangelist, Zelerate, Inc. http://www.zelerate.org
> What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal
> http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
>
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