Hello Dan, I don't know much about the keyboard (after installation it worked, and I had no need to change that) but I can give you my settings: in the CLI (runlevel 3) I started (as root) the command keyboarddrake. In my case (I use an Apple extended keyboard on a PM7600-based machine) it says: "US keyboard" and I can change that easily. What does your machine say, and if something else: can you change that?
Bob. > I am having the same problem. When I try XFree the screen blinks > every 4 seconds. When I run the xpmac server I get I think italian > compose keys. > > I really want to use Mandrake anyone have any idea how to fix this or > when mandrake 9 for ppc is coming out? > > Thanks > Dan J. > > On 25 Nov 2002 at 13:28, Barry Hertzberg wrote: > > I struggled all weekend with the keyboard issue that i had mentioned. > > No one got back to me with any ideas on that. I have no idea why but > > at the CLI the keyboard is fine. From the GUI all the mapping was > > wrong. I could not even input a password. > > > > I wound up blowing the whole thing out and putting YDL back to see if > > i could make it work. It did. I still want to make Mandrake work. Is > > there a reason that my keyboard is changing and which of the X > > windows packages should I use? > > > > The installer on this could be a little easier to use. There was all > > the trouble I had with the bootstrap and now the issue with the GUI. > > I'm hoping that I can get around this and make it work in the > > classroom. The problem is that I'm not up on editing and working > > outside of the GUI - so for the time being this is a real pain in the > > neck for me. > > > > Why would YDL be okay with the keyboard but Mandrake is causing it to > > map wrong? Can I fix this with a work around in the install and set > > up? > > > > Thanks for any input > > > > -- > > Barry M. Hertzberg, TTL > > > > Wm. Loesche School > > Information Technology Lab > > 595 Tomlinson Road > > Philadelphia, PA 19116 > > > > (215) 961-2519 (voice) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > "Experience counts only if you learn from it." > > "Expert advice works only if you listen to it."
