On Sunday 06 May 2001 09:12, Randy Kramer wrote: > Since upgrading a clean installation of Mandrake 7.2 with MandrakeFreq, > I've noticed that I must press two of my keys twice (and sometimes four > times) to "register". > > The keys are the '/" key and the `/~ key. At first I thought my > keyboard was going bad, but now I can see that each requires two > presses. (Except sometimes, the `/~ requires four presses -- after the > second press it brings up some message on the display, then two more > presses and the message goes away and the ~ is recorded.) > > Anybody have the same problem? Suggestions for fixing? > > Thanks, > Randy Kramer > > PS: If you saw my note the other day about trying to activate the Home > and End keys, I found a partial "solution". I since found the > following key combinations, which apparently are assigned somehow in > bash. For the time being I probably won't try to reassign the Home and > End key, even though that would be more intuitive. > > <ctrl>a -- to beginning of line (like Home) > <ctrl>e -- to end of line (like End) > <alt>f -- forward one word (like <ctrl><right arrow>) > <alt>b -- back one word (like <ctrl><left arrow>) > > If anyone does have clues on how to make the assignments to Home, End, > etc., that would be appreciated. (I guess, with no further clues, I'd > try to learn how bash makes these assignments, or learn how to use > xmodkey.) Go to DrakConf and change your keyboard to standard US. You have the US International keyboard selecetd which supports extended sequences for special characters off those "dead" keys. It makes it very easy to type in French or German or Swedish off a US keyboard, but double presses for others. Civileme
