SuSE 9.2 1) The keymap shortcut Ctrl+Alt+K
I haven't modified any configuration files by hand, beyond the export LANG=el_GR.UTF-8 in my .profile. That modification was made using the 9.0 SuSE, because the Greek language keyboard map and the Greek language(=unicode) font did not work without it. I did not change it back when I upgraded to the 9.2, so I don't really know if 9.2 would have worked "right out of the box". "Did not work"? The unaccented greek vowels did not come out of the map until I changed the .profile, and the applications were displaying '?' (question marks) for all the letters. There was some complex mapping issue going on. I was happy it worked with my modest change. That's why I was wondering what the intent was. Was I supposed to change anything to get the unicode support? I think not, because the current Fedora core works fine without any changes (but the Greek Open Office is broken, more on that later...) right out of the box. By experimenting on the 9.2, I defined an "Alternate" shortcut for the keymap switching, using the KDE control panel, called it Alt+Shift+F12, and it works. I mean, it correctly rotates through the keymaps I have defined. [I wanted Alt+Shift, to mimic the way XP works, but the program still maed me put in the third key.] By the way, the current Fedora Core exhibits the same Ctrl+Alt+K behaviour [but the current Debian works as you would expect.] 2) Yes, the floppy and the CD-ROM (the removeable media) under KDE are hunting for something when they should be sleeping, which worries me, because these devices work fine (as I would expect) under GNOME. But GNOME still reports an xkb crash, so I haven't figured out how to get the keymaps to work under GNOME. More on that later... Gotta run. Be back tomorrow. Thanks Elvis --- Markus Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Simos Xenitellis wrote on 2005-02-14 23:38 UTC: > > However, reading the rest of your e-mail it appears that the problem is > > not entirely with SuSE Linux 9.2 but on learning to use it effectively. > > There is also the issue of learning enough about how the system is meant > to work to be able to write a useful problem description that gives experts > a clue as to what might have gone wrong. > > Elvis Presley wrote on 2005-02-14 11:23 UTC: > > The keymap shortcut (Ctrl+Alt+K) still does not work, it's even worse. When > the > > keymap bumps at the end, it spits the control characters into my document. > > What's going on, after all? I can't stand the suspense. > > > [Another thing: The floppy and cd devices are hunting for something when > they > > should be sleeping (PS The floppy format program just doesn't work either). > I > > use these devices, and I don't like it, that's why I'm downgradeing.] > > Please never ever just write "does not work" in a problem report. > Instead, please describe in detail > > a) what exactly I must do on my SuSE 9.2 box here (where I had no > problems with the floppy disk or keyboard mapping support > so far) to reproduce the effect you were unsatisfied with; > > b) what changes did you make to your environment (config files, etc.) > that might affect the outcome; > > b) what exactly you were hoping should be happen instead. > > Considering how complex keyboard mapping has become under X11 (3-4 > mechanisms layered on top of each other), none of the two things are in > any way obvious to me from reading your description. > > Markus > > -- > Markus Kuhn, Computer Lab, Univ of Cambridge, GB > http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ | __oo_O..O_oo__ > > > -- > Linux-UTF8: i18n of Linux on all levels > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-utf8/ > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 -- Linux-UTF8: i18n of Linux on all levels Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-utf8/
