Re: iBook and XFree + French Keyboard + AirPort
- Original Message - From: Guillaume Rousse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 5:24 PM Subject: Re: iBook and XFree + French Keyboard + AirPort > Ainsi parlait Brice D Ruth : > > >Does someone use (I think i will copy and paste 'Does someone use' from > > > now ;-) French layout for keyboard? For me q=a and a=a.. So I can't write > > > 'q' (not cool to do rpm -qa :-) > For console, use mac-fr3 keymap. Use loadkeys mac-fr3 in console, or change > it directly in initialisation scripts. Works great, thanks > For X, see http://www.linux-france.org/article/materiel/mac, they got some > tips and files. > > Also, this is a copy of an old message i posted there, but before the list > was archived (10 Jun 2001): (...) I use a 2.4 kernel, so i might use 3.3 version of the map, but they said it doesn't work with Xpmac, and this is what i use because XFree doesn't work. :-( Any idea? Sylvain OBEGI Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.vtr-hardware.com - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ : 661913
Re: iBook and XFree + French Keyboard + AirPort
Hi Brice Ok, it works great, thanks for your help! Sylvain OBEGI Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.vtr-hardware.com - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ : 661913 - Original Message - From: Brice D Ruth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 4:53 PM Subject: Re: iBook and XFree + French Keyboard + AirPort > Hi Sylvain, > > I can't really help you with the first two questions - sorry ;( > > As for airport stuff, the first place to start is loading the module > that supports the airport card, airport.o - the maintainer of this code > is Ben Herrenschmidt, his site is a good place to start if you start > running into problems. > > You'll also need the iwtools package - this package works similarly to > ifconfig, with the distinction being its configuration of wireless > capabilities. Once you have a system that loads the airport module > correctly (which Mandrake should - I didn't have any problems with it) > something to the following effect should get things going for you: > > /sbin/modprobe airport > /sbin/ifconfig eth1 up > /sbin/iwconfig eth1 essid webprojkt rate 5.5M > /sbin/dhcpcd -d eth1 > > The first line loads the airport driver. The second line brings up the > interface, the third line configures its wireless capabilities - my > airport base station id is 'webprojkt' and I the 'rate 5.5M' is optional > - this is what I have my speed set to. Finally, running the dhcp client > retrieves an IP address from the base station - if you don't have DHCP > enabled on your base station, you'll have to use ifconfig to configure > the broadcast/netmask/IP address of the interface as well as setting > things like DNS servers, default routes, etc. > > I don't use WEP on my network, so if you need WEP, you'll need to check > out the various resources on line - just search for WEP and airport and > Linux and you should find some decent pages. > > HTH > Brice > > Sylvain OBEGI wrote: > > >Hello > >Does someone use XFree with a new iBook? With the latest files it doesn't > >work on my iBook.. > > > >Does someone use (I think i will copy and paste 'Does someone use' from now > >;-) French layout for keyboard? For me q=a and a=a.. So I can't write 'q' > >(not cool to do rpm -qa :-) > > > >By the way, where do I find informations on how to configure a wireless > >network (airport) ? > > > >Thanks for your help > > > >Sylvain OBEGI > >Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >www.vtr-hardware.com - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >ICQ : 661913 > > > > > > > > > >
Re: iBook and XFree + French Keyboard + AirPort
Ainsi parlait Brice D Ruth : > >Does someone use (I think i will copy and paste 'Does someone use' from > > now ;-) French layout for keyboard? For me q=a and a=a.. So I can't write > > 'q' (not cool to do rpm -qa :-) For console, use mac-fr3 keymap. Use loadkeys mac-fr3 in console, or change it directly in initialisation scripts. For X, see http://www.linux-france.org/article/materiel/mac, they got some tips and files. Also, this is a copy of an old message i posted there, but before the list was archived (10 Jun 2001): We had a number of problems with keyboard under X. We finally solved it by using the rpm found here http://www.linux-france.org/article/materiel/mac/tc/kbd-mac-fr-2.2-1.noarch.rpm and using the following X configuration : Option "XkbSymbols" "macintosh/fr" Option "XkbKeycodes" "macintosh-adb-fr" Option "XkbGeometry" "macintosh" Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" Option "XkbModel" "macintosh" Option "XkbLayout" "fr" Note that we used the 2.2 version of the package, since we are currently using a 2.2.19 kernel with old input layer for keyboard input. According to my fellow local macintosh guru, pending switch to 2.4 kernel will force to upgrade to latest 3 version of this package. Just a last problem, with compose keys : ^ isn't a dead key, waiting for another input, but immediatly output ^. -- Guillaume Rousse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG key http://bohm.snv.jussieu.fr/~rousse/gpgkey.html
Re: iBook and XFree + French Keyboard + AirPort
Hi Sylvain, I can't really help you with the first two questions - sorry ;( As for airport stuff, the first place to start is loading the module that supports the airport card, airport.o - the maintainer of this code is Ben Herrenschmidt, his site is a good place to start if you start running into problems. You'll also need the iwtools package - this package works similarly to ifconfig, with the distinction being its configuration of wireless capabilities. Once you have a system that loads the airport module correctly (which Mandrake should - I didn't have any problems with it) something to the following effect should get things going for you: /sbin/modprobe airport /sbin/ifconfig eth1 up /sbin/iwconfig eth1 essid webprojkt rate 5.5M /sbin/dhcpcd -d eth1 The first line loads the airport driver. The second line brings up the interface, the third line configures its wireless capabilities - my airport base station id is 'webprojkt' and I the 'rate 5.5M' is optional - this is what I have my speed set to. Finally, running the dhcp client retrieves an IP address from the base station - if you don't have DHCP enabled on your base station, you'll have to use ifconfig to configure the broadcast/netmask/IP address of the interface as well as setting things like DNS servers, default routes, etc. I don't use WEP on my network, so if you need WEP, you'll need to check out the various resources on line - just search for WEP and airport and Linux and you should find some decent pages. HTH Brice Sylvain OBEGI wrote: >Hello >Does someone use XFree with a new iBook? With the latest files it doesn't >work on my iBook.. > >Does someone use (I think i will copy and paste 'Does someone use' from now >;-) French layout for keyboard? For me q=a and a=a.. So I can't write 'q' >(not cool to do rpm -qa :-) > >By the way, where do I find informations on how to configure a wireless >network (airport) ? > >Thanks for your help > >Sylvain OBEGI >Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] >www.vtr-hardware.com - [EMAIL PROTECTED] >ICQ : 661913 > > >
iBook and XFree + French Keyboard + AirPort
Hello Does someone use XFree with a new iBook? With the latest files it doesn't work on my iBook.. Does someone use (I think i will copy and paste 'Does someone use' from now ;-) French layout for keyboard? For me q=a and a=a.. So I can't write 'q' (not cool to do rpm -qa :-) By the way, where do I find informations on how to configure a wireless network (airport) ? Thanks for your help Sylvain OBEGI Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.vtr-hardware.com - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ : 661913
