GUI Keyboard issue

[Barry Hertzberg]

I struggled all weekend with the keyboard issue that i had mentioned. No one got back to me with any ideas on that. I have no idea why but at the CLI the keyboard is fine. From the GUI all the mapping was wrong. I could not even input a password.

I wound up blowing the whole thing out and putting YDL back to see if i could make it work. It did. I still want to make Mandrake work. Is there a reason that my keyboard is changing and which of the X windows packages should I use?

The installer on this could be a little easier to use. There was all the trouble I had with the bootstrap and now the issue with the GUI. I'm hoping that I can get around this and make it work in the classroom. The problem is that I'm not up on editing and working outside of the GUI - so for the time being this is a real pain in the neck for me.

Why would YDL be okay with the keyboard but Mandrake is causing it to map wrong? Can I fix this with a work around in the install and set up?

Thanks for any input

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Barry M. Hertzberg, TTL

Wm. Loesche School
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