hi, >> how do I configure X to use german keyboard layout? >> my XF86Config (I'm using the default potato X server) currently reads >> >> Protocol "Standard" >> XkbLayout "de" >> XkbVariant "nodeadkeys" >> XkbModel "macintosh" >> XkbRules "xfree86" >> >> but this didn't help at all.. > > The only suggestion I can give here is to try "de_DE" instead of just "de".
that did't work either.. isn't anyone using a german keyboard out there? >> how do I configure X to use both the trackpad and my USB mouse as input >> devive? my XF86Config says >> >> Device "/dev/mouse" >> >> and /dev/mouse is a symblic link to /dev/adbmouse. I tried changing the link >> to /dev/usbmouse, but that left me with no mouse or trackpad at all.. >> >> this is some new input layer stuff, right? > > Possible. Try /dev/input/mice . I'd love to give it a try, but unfortunately, the new input layer isn't in potato, so I /dev/input/mice doesn't exist. is there a debian package to create it? >> I set up ppp with pppconfig (according to >> http://www.oreilly.de/catalog/debian/chapter/ch11_04.html) and ppp connects >> fine, but for some reason I can't ping or lynx any damn server.. > > Have you configured it to set the default route? Use 'route -n' to see if > there is a default route (0.0.0.0 at the beginning) with the peer IP as > gateway. here's what route -n gives me, I'm not sure if that's correct - the peer IP isn't mentioned as gateway, but destination.. Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 134.95.89.129 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0 >> whenever I log in to a gnome session, windows open in the left upper corner >> of my screen, with the title bar cut off by the screen boundaries, so I >> can't move them. in debian sessions, I'm happily using icewm.. so how do I >> get gnome to use it, too? > > Make sure you have the icewm-gnome package installed. If that doesn't help, > try the Window Manager section in the GNOME control center. ok, I'll give this a try soon. thanks, -otto.
