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Knoppix Install
« on: April 09, 2005, 03:37:18 PM »
Hey guys.
Got Knoppix 3,7 installed on an old Compaq Presario, with a unisys branded keyboard.
Anyone know how to adjust kb settings_
My key labelled y gives a z when typed, and vice versa for the z key. Also, I am unable to use some of the punctuation colons quotes ticks slashes.

The kb works fine when I run windows or red hat on the same hardware.

Ideas

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Re: Knoppix Install
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2005, 05:45:36 PM »
 somehow you got the german keymap as default I guess. if you installed X you should find some config program called as xfconfig or xf86config. If you can't find, try editing /etc/X11/XF86conf by hand (I'm not sure about the name of the file, but there are not so many files under /etc/X11 , the config file must be there)
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Re: Knoppix Install
« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2005, 07:28:51 PM »
...or he is german and has us keymap. :-)
 

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Re: Knoppix Install
« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2005, 12:11:25 AM »
If you installed knoppix by first booting the LiveCD then using kx-hdinstall from terminal, I can giva you a hint.

When booting the live cd, press the F2 and F3 buttons to see the options list, the lang= option is important.

However, the xorgconf or xorgconfig will let you choose a keymap for X

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Re: Knoppix Install
« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2005, 01:14:39 PM »
Thanks for all the repsonses guys.

Got it - I had chosen US as the lang at the CD boot, but the routine installed the German keymap-finally found the setting for that!

New problem: the LAN is failing because somehow a second eth device was found - I only have one and the settings I put in for it are still correct!

EDIT! A reboot solved the problem. So far, this is the easiest to use distro I've found in terms of installation; need to play with it a bit, try to install some things myself the linux way instead of micosoft or Amiga way to see if linux+mgerics=good fit.

Now, I know I need to RTFM, but anyone know how to tweak MTU, etc on the eth interfaces? This is a 600 mHz machine, and my ol' A4k with 28 mHx Warp Engine+IBrowse loads pages almost twice as fast. Unless there is some other tweak in linux for speedier page rendering...