ANNOUNCE: OpenOffice.org Build 641B released for PPC Linux (fwd)
Hi, The latest release of OpenOffice.org (build OO641B) for PPC Linux is now available! OpenOffice.org is based on the same source tree (with a few minor differences) as the upcoming StarOffice 6.0. It basically supplies an almost drop in replacement for Microsoft Office (and is getting better with every release). New in this release: - lots of stability improvements and bug fixes - now includes Mozilla 0.94 and higher AddressBook support For more information including the full source code check out the OpenOffice.org website: http://www.openoffice.org This binary should run on any ppc linux system with glibc 2.2.1 or higher, XFree86 4.0 or higher, etc. This includes YellowDogLinux 2.0 and 2.1, SuSE 7.3, MandrakeSoft 8.1, and DebianPPC (has been tested under Debian Sid). PLEASE NOTE: If you have the URW fonts installed, please upgrade them to the very latest versions from your distribution type (copies of the RedHat RawHide urw-fonts src and noarch rpms are available on the download sites) since older URW fonts have some minor corruption that can make OpenOffice anti-aliased text segfault (and yes we are working on making freetype much more robust to corrupt Type 1 font data). The new home for PPC Linux OpenOffice.org releases is: ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/software/openoffice/ With mirrors at: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/powerpc/openoffice/641b/ http://perso.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/ Thank you Dan Burcaw (YDL) for providing a new home of the PPC Linux OpenOffice.org project. And thanks to Olaf Hering ( of SuSE) and Stew Benedict (of Mandrakesoft) for graciously providing mirror locations. Please support our PPC Linux distributions and buy the latest distributions, they are helping to bring great new software to you! Thanks, Kevin Hendricks [EMAIL PROTECTED]
warning: KDE control centre
This is just a warning to all of you about the KDE control centre,
specifically the keyboard selection part.
I have been enjoying KDE 2.2 for a while, but decided the time had come
for some customisation. I have an English Wallstreet powerbook, and the
option key was not working. I saw that I could change the keyboard
mapping in the control centre. This was exciting and I duly selected the
English keyboard. This was a disaster -- none of the keys returned the
correct letter. Oh well. Imagine, however my chagrin when I switched
back to the default, only to find that the default was a US keymap and
again a PC keymap so all of the keys returned the wrong letters. The
problem is that their default is not the default of the distro. Ahh!
Fortunately I had lots of text on the screen at the time, and was able to
use the mouse to copy individual letters to do the following:
su -
password:
echo 1 /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/keyboard_sends_linux_keycodes
which immediately fixed everything. This allows you to use PC keymaps.
Indeed now the option key works, although the arrow keys are defunct
[ctrl-{f,b,p,n} work though]
So this is rather a gotcha -- do not mess with the keymaps in the KDE
control centre!!
Note that to make the change permanent it must be added to
/etc/sysctl.conf
The part I am not sure about is whether this change would have affected
all users -- I did not feel like trying it out and being stuck entering a
ROT13-like password. Loggin in remotely and su-ing would probably have
worked too.
Q.
Re: warning: KDE control centre
On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Quentin Mason wrote:
This is just a warning to all of you about the KDE control centre,
specifically the keyboard selection part.
Fortunately I had lots of text on the screen at the time, and was able to
use the mouse to copy individual letters to do the following:
su -
password:
echo 1 /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/keyboard_sends_linux_keycodes
which immediately fixed everything. This allows you to use PC keymaps.
Indeed now the option key works, although the arrow keys are defunct
[ctrl-{f,b,p,n} work though]
Thanks Quentin. In cooker we are using Linux keycodes and doing away with
the special mac keymaps, so this issue should go away.
Stew Benedict
--
MandrakeSoftOH/TN, USA http://perso.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/
PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/
Re: ANNOUNCE: OpenOffice.org Build 641B released for PPC Linux (fwd)
There is no, must be a typo le mar 04-12-2001 à 19:11, Ryan Boder a écrit : I thought that there was no Mandrake 8.1 for PowerPC release? Ryan Boder http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~rtb On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Stew Benedict wrote: Hi, The latest release of OpenOffice.org (build OO641B) for PPC Linux is now available! (...) This includes YellowDogLinux 2.0 and 2.1, SuSE 7.3, MandrakeSoft 8.1, and DebianPPC (has been tested under Debian Sid). -- Sylvain OBEGI Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ : 661913
