I found that the xorg.conf file I had had some ctrl/caps swapping and disabling in it. I commented these out and the caps is back to normal functioning... This is a little odd because it is a xorg.conf from one of the mactel sites - probably something to do with personal pref - I don't use caps on my happyhacker][ but it did throw me on the notebook keyboard :)
Will > Send Mactel-linux-users mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Mactel-linux-users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. 2. Re: no DMA support on ICH7 Chipset (Felix Groebert) + > trouble playing DVDs (Will Parker) > 2. Caps_Lock key not correctly Assigned (Will Parker) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 21:32:51 +1000 (EST) > From: "Will Parker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Mactel-linux-users] 2. Re: no DMA support on ICH7 Chipset > (Felix Groebert) + trouble playing DVDs > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 > > Re:2 - I find that my CD/DVD goes AWOL if I have hdparm started on boot. > I think this may be because of settings I have tried to apply when fooling > with hdparm to get DVD playback working (Which I still am stumped with) > but CD playing, and reading and writing CDs/DVDs work: > > So I'm not sure if this is helpful but: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ sudo hdparm -d 1 /dev/dvd > > /dev/dvd: > setting using_dma to 1 (on) > using_dma = 1 (on) > > I must be missing something simple with the DVD Playback. gxine attempts > to start playing but hangs or errors on starting to spin up disc. Don't > know where to go with this. Can I get confirmation that DVD playback is > not problematic? > > Will > >> Send Mactel-linux-users mailing list submissions to >> [email protected] >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Mactel-linux-users digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Core 2 Duo Macs? (John Goerzen) >> 2. Re: no DMA support on ICH7 Chipset (Felix Groebert) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 18:00:41 +0000 (UTC) >> From: John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: [Mactel-linux-users] Core 2 Duo Macs? >> To: [email protected] >> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Do people have Linux working on the Core 2 Duo Macs? If so, i386 or >> amd64 distros? >> >> Can I also assume that the current Macbook Pros work pretty much fine >> with Linux, provided I'm willing to do some tweaking myself? >> >> Thanks, >> >> -- John >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 10:38:27 +0200 >> From: Felix Groebert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: [Mactel-linux-users] no DMA support on ICH7 Chipset >> To: [email protected] >> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >> >> Tino Keitel (2006-09-06, 13:06): >>> On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 12:55:58 +0200, Felix Groebert wrote: >>> > Hi, >>> > >>> > Did anyone get DMA support for the DVD drive working? >>> > >>> > I use a MBP 15", 2.6.18-rc4 with mactel patches. Although the Chipset >>> > should be the same on a MB non pro and Mac Mini. >>> > >>> > Loading the module for DMA support >>> > >>> > piix 11140 0 [permanent] >>> > >>> > still does not let me activate DMA: >>> > >>> > # sudo hdparm -d 1 /dev/dvd >>> > /dev/dvd: >>> > setting using_dma to 1 (on) >>> > HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Permission denied >>> > using_dma = 0 (off) >>> >>> Do you have ide_generic loaded/activated in your kernel? If yes, >>> disable this. It works, but it doesn't provide DMA. >> >> Ah, thanks, >> >> I load >> >> piix 11140 0 [permanent] >> ide_cd 43012 0 >> cdrom 42400 1 ide_cd >> ide_core 127776 2 piix,ide_cd >> >> and no ide_generic, and dvd playback works very good! Solved.. >> >> Cheers, >> -- >> Felix Groebert <> groebert.org/felix <> GPG key: 6B44113F >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Using Tomcat but need to do more? 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I can get xev to report > back keysym Caps_Lock but it does not function. Most other keys are > working or have been properly reassigned (brightness, eject, mute, > vol+/-...) I have tried to reassign it - Keycode 66 (to Caps Lock to get > normal functioning with xmodmap to no avail. > > Anyone heard of this before? > > Will > > > > > ------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? 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