I am having the same problem. When I try XFree the screen blinks every 4 seconds. When I run the xpmac server I get I think italian compose keys.
I really want to use Mandrake anyone have any idea how to fix this or when mandrake 9 for ppc is coming out? Thanks Dan J. On 25 Nov 2002 at 13:28, Barry Hertzberg wrote: > 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 > > -- > Barry M. Hertzberg, TTL > > Wm. Loesche School > Information Technology Lab > 595 Tomlinson Road > Philadelphia, PA 19116 > > (215) 961-2519 (voice) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > "Experience counts only if you learn from it." > "Expert advice works only if you listen to it." >
