Re: Tweeking X Win Modline
Craig Miller wrote: Hello All, I have an iMac which has video card issues. Fortunately it runs well enough to run Linux and X windows on it. But the screen is shifted a little the left so that the first couple of characters (in non X) are cut off. Since I run X on it all the time, I would like to tweak the Modeline parameter to shift the screen a little to the left. So my question is this: 1) any know of a utility which will do this? 2) if there is no utility, anyone have expertise in messing with XF86Config-4 to accomplish shifting the screen to the right? TIA, Craig... xvidtune
Re: French keyboard on Mandrake 8.2
SBUp to a point. The slot-loading ones went to r128. The lamp is SBnv and now? sorry but I don't understand what you asked. what is r128? lamp? nv? -- Dominique Corfa
Re: French keyboard on Mandrake 8.2
Mach64 right? Add the option: Yes : ATI Rage Pro Turbo with 6 Mo. Option composite_sync off In /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. Above the BusID line will work. A 2nd, more extreme workaround is to rename: /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libi2c.a To some other name so it doesn't load. OK it works perfectly. Could it be possible to insert that trick in the mandrake ppc ditribution, for instance as comment in the XF86Config-4 file? I didn't find anything about it on the CD and for sure, it is not easy to guess. Also I thought that all the iMac were build the same, so that they all got the same video card, i am wrong? Thanks a lot to Stew Benedict. Aussi à Frederic Thais qui m'a répondu en privé, mais je n'ai pas encore testé [Option XkbModel macintosh], je le ferais sous peu. -- Dominique Corfamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 31 rue de la Tour 92240 MALAKOFF FRANCE tel +33 (0)1 47 46 85 55
Re: French keyboard on Mandrake 8.2
going on with the subject French keyboard on Mandrake 8.2 [iMac] summary: I still try to get french keyboard layout with a iMac. in the file /etc/X11/xkb/rules/Xfree86 section model layout = symbols I added the line: --- * fr = fr(basic) --- then I launch --- setxkbmap -model powerpcps2 -layout fr --- in the .xinitrc filefor xinit startup, or put --- -model powerpcps2 -layout fr --- in the file /etc/X11/xinit/Xkbmap for prefdm startup. Now I got almost all the keys at the login stage. I have now to check for CTRL-ALT-Fi and CTRL-ALT-DEL for switching to the console and to kill X11, and try to suppress the auto-repeat (ARG) for the SPACE key. -- He who enters his wife's dressing room is a philosopher or a fool. -- Balzac -- Dominique Corfamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 31 rue de la Tour 92240 MALAKOFF FRANCE tel +33 (0)1 47 46 85 55
French keyboard on Mandrake 8.2
I just install the mandrake 8.2 ppc on a iMac (G3). It works fine except for the keyboard with X. (I have a french keyboard). The keyboard is OK on console mode, but when X start, no key works at all. The Mouse works so I reinstall with a default user login with Kde so I have no login to type, and I set a keyboard with the Mandrake control center so I can have almost all the key in right place (include azqwm) but the space bar behave strangely in auto repeat : and it does not solve the problem of login because at this time kdm is not started... Any french keyboard user having such experience ? -- Leave no stone unturned. -- Euripides -- Dominique Corfa
Re: French keyboard on Mandrake 8.2
SBUsing Xpmac possibly? It pays no attention to keyboard selections SBdone with any of the tools? XFree4 is preferred. I use Xpmac. I tried XFree86 but it crashed. I do not find XFree4 on the Mandrake 8.2 PPC CD distribution I just buy. I find it strange that the french keybord is not supported in this Mac distribution, as Mandrake is a french company... I am trying to find my way in the many keyboard manadgment method. -- I love treason but hate a traitor. -- Gaius Julius Caesar -- Dominique Corfamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 31 rue de la Tour 92240 MALAKOFF FRANCE tel +33 (0)1 47 46 85 55
Re: French keyboard on Mandrake 8.2
SBYes MandrakeSoft is a French company, but I'm not French and have SBno machines with French keyboards. Of course. Sorry. SBBy XFree4, I was referring to XFree86, version 4.x. I will check the version of my X server. SBWhat type of iMac, and what type of video adapter? We can probably SBresolve the crash issue with a few more details. It's a iMac PowerPC G3 266 Mhz. USB port, USB Keyboard Apple, USB mouse Apple. Video: ATI Rage Pro Turbo with 6 Mo. (order reference is M7345F) I made a little progress. I found that setxkbmap -model powerpcps2 in a simple ``.xinitrc'' set a correct 'en' keyboard, but did not found how I can adjust the french layout. So the ``azqwm,'' and some other symbols are not on the correct key. I would like also to set the standard CTRL-ALT-F1, F2... to switch to the console. Thanks for your help. -- Dominique Corfamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
