On Sun, 7 Apr 2002, Johanna wrote:
> Okay, this is my preliminary report on the new beta. I would appreciate > any kind of help on the issues mentioned below, because at some points > I'm really at a loss. This is my first experience with Linux, and I'm no > good at troubleshooting - I was kind of hoping for a system that would > more or less work at least with the basic things, but up to now Mandrake > only very partially does. > > I've installed Mandrake on my iBook 2 (600 Mhz, internal CD-RW). > Installation went quite smooth, though - from a newbie point of view - > some things aren't really self-explanatory. For example, I had the > choice between German keyboard with or without "death"/Tod keys - what > on earth ARE those? > Non-US keyboard mapping still leave a bit to be desired. If you check the list archives, there's a howto on how to go back to Mac kepmaps, which may work better for you. > One thing that really impressed me was how quick and easy my > DSL-connection was established and is now established after every startup. > > Still, after having installed the whole thing, I'm less than happy with > it (I ought to add that I'm not the kind of person who goes and installs > an new kernel just like that). The main problem is the keyboard mapping. > All the available mappings are for PC. The alt key is not recognized, > and neither are the signs it normally produces - meaning I couldn't find > out how to type an @-sign. How can it be that a Linux distribution made > specifically for PPC doesn't know Mac keyboards? Anyway, I haven't found > out how to write an E-mail-Adress up to now :-( > AltGr is the "Apple" key. Compose is Shift-Apple. > Another thing I couldn't find out was how to make my CD-RW drive open. > Normally, I use the F12 key to do that. Unfortunately, the drive doesn't > react to this. So, can't I read CDs or what? > Try the command "eject". ikeyd may enable your eject button, but if you're using F12 for mouse button emulatin, you may need to remap to another button. > I tried to configure power management, but got the answer that apm > kernel drivers aren't installed. Hmmm... so what do I do? > PC style power management is not what you want. pmud is the PPC power management daemon. > My wheel mouse was detected fine, and sound is working. > > Mozilla wouldn't start up. I used Konqueror, but found that it behaved > rather strangely sometimes (the cursor would always jump away from the > input line, even if I didn't touch the mouse at all). Anyway, it > basically worked. > Haven't seen any other reports of mozilla problems. Start it from an xterm and see what errors are generated. > What about Lyx/Latex? Aren't they supposed to be installed? What package > do I have to chose in order to get them? I chose the scientific one, > office etc. but Lyx/Latex don't seem to have been installed. > You can always install additional packages from the CDs. > My printer (lexmark Z42) wasn't detected - I suppose I will have to get > a driver. > I don't know about this one. Don't have that hardware. > That's all for now :-) All in all, I like Mandrake, but desperately need > to get this keyboard problem fixed in order to use it. > Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/
