[newbie] a twist on standard "backspace problem"

I read the KDE2 FAQ and followed their suggestion to place the following lines xmodmap -e 'keycode 22 = BackSpace' xmodmap -e "keysym Delete = BackSpace" in my .xinitrc file. The backspace key works fine when I first log in now (deletes char to the left of cursor and moves cursor to the left)

[newbie] Mandrake 7.2 and power management

I recently posted re. problems I've had with a garbled video signal appearing in place of the screen blanking in standby mode. Now I have a configuration that works (after many attempted permutations): turn off APM, ACPI, and BIOS-level power management options in the BIOS and set display power

[newbie] video problem in standby mode

I'm using a KDE desktop and XFree4 under Mandrake 7.2 with an ATI Mach64 video card and a Hitachi CM751U monitor. With DPMS enabled, the monitor blanks for a few seconds after the timeout period set with xset, but then an "Invalid Scan Freq." message appears from the monitor and the screen shows

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I'm using a KDE desktop and XFree4 under Mandrake 7.2 with an ATI Mach64 video card and a Hitachi CM751U monitor. With DPMS enabled, the monitor blanks for a few seconds after the timeout period set with xset, but then an "Invalid Scan Freq." message appears from the monitor and the screen shows