Otto wrote: > how do I configure X to use german keyboard layout? this was tough under > LinuxPPC, too, and I forgot how I did it.. =) > 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". > 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 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. > whenever I log in to a gnome session, windows open in the left upper corner > of my screen, with the title bar cut off by the screen boundaries, so I > can't move them. in debian sessions, I'm happily using icewm.. so how do I > get gnome to use it, too? Make sure you have the icewm-gnome package installed. If that doesn't help, try the Window Manager section in the GNOME control center. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer CS student, Free Software enthusiast \ XFree86 and DRI project member