tty on powerbook

2004-07-08 Thread nico dreher
Dear list, some dull but still important newbie questions: - how can I switch/open tty's on a powerbook? - how do I set the modifier keys? I tried all sorts of combinations: ctrl - alt - f1, fn - alt - f1, etc. Thx for help! nico

linux screen movies

2004-05-10 Thread nico dreher
Dear list, what software can you recommend for capturing screen movies? I want to record movie sequences on my 1024x 768 G3 PowerBook Lombard, therefore the solution I am looking for should consume little CPU. I have tested the beneath stated software. However, none of them I could get to

user processes shell scripts

2004-02-22 Thread nico dreher
Dear List, I am looking for commands that show information about the user, that identify the user, So far I have collected these examples: # obtain information about user finger USERNAME # show processes running under a certain user ps -aux | grep USERNAME # show files that are open and are b

Re: sound on Lombard G3 [playing music cd's]

2004-01-28 Thread nico dreher
- Right. CD is playing! I was wrong ('scuse me)... Still won't get any terminal noises... Tried with aumix (Volume 100 - what other settings do I need?!?)... Thanx very much! Cheers, nico On 27.01.2004, at 22:08, Derrik Pates wrote: nico dreher wrote: -Yes. I added 'dmasou

Re: sound on Lombard G3 [playing music cd's]

2004-01-27 Thread nico dreher
Hello Derrik, On 27.01.2004, at 15:38, Derrik Pates wrote: nico dreher wrote: I am struggling with sound on a Lombard G3 running Debian unstable and kernel 2.4.23-pre5-ben. In order to hear sound, I need to do after every restart: cat /vmlinux > /dev/dsp Is there a solution to this?

sound on Lombard G3 [playing music cd's]

2004-01-27 Thread nico dreher
Dear list, I am struggling with sound on a Lombard G3 running Debian unstable and kernel 2.4.23-pre5-ben. In order to hear sound, I need to do after every restart: cat /vmlinux > /dev/dsp Is there a solution to this? PROBLEM: cannot play music cd's Xmms version 1.2.8 is installed but fails to

calling fluxbox menu (key binding needed)

2003-12-10 Thread nico dreher
dear list, I got fluxbox 0.1.14 installed on a powerbook g3. I use bbconf (and bbkeys) to set some key bindings. Since the powerbook's builtin-mouse-pad has only one key, I cannot call the fluxbox menu but with an external 2-wheel mouse (right-click). (I have already tested all possible keys to

Re: swiss german keyboard config needed

2003-12-04 Thread nico dreher
mod2Num_Lock (0x4d) mod3 mod4 mod5Scroll_Lock (0x4e) Is there any other way to fix this? On 03.12.2003, at 23:57, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: Am Mit, den 03.12.2003 schrieb Mich Lanners um 21:26: Hi, On 2 Dec, this message from nico dreher echoed through cyberspace: I am

swiss german keyboard config needed

2003-12-02 Thread nico dreher
Hello list, I am looking for an ALT- and CTRL- configuration on a Swiss German qwertz keyboard (PowerBook G3 Lombard). I tried the sample .Xmodmap from http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2003/debian-powerpc-200308/msg00182.html (see quoted below). However I am looking for an .Xmodmap that be