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Hi all: |
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I'm new to Gentoo (2004-2), which I just installed on an Ultra 10. |
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I'm loving it, but I have a couple of questions (I used Stage 3 and |
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the GRP packages: the only software I've compiled locally is the |
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kernel). |
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I'm running kdm. Now, in the x86 architecture, I can switch back and |
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forth between X and the virtual consoles using Ctrl-Alt-F[n], but that |
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does not seem to work here. In fact, I cannot use other shortcuts |
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that I'm used to in KDE, such as Alt-F2 to launch the "Run Command..." |
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window. However, Alt-F4 does work to close windows. |
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Even stranger is the fact that my keyboard's "b" doesn't do what it |
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should. From KDM (or the console, for that matter) it's fine, only |
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once I enter KDE it becomes nonfunctional. I suspect it's mapped |
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incorrectly, since pressing "b" seems to cause a half-second freeze. |
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However, shifted "B" works fine!!! In fact, if caps is locked then |
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just pressing "B" causes the same "freeze" but Shift-"b" gives the |
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(correct) lowercase "b"!!! |
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Actually, pressing "b" at the address bar of Mozilla caused it to |
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crash: yet another indication that "b" is being mapped to some weird |
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character or escape sequence. |
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I'm using a Sun Type-6 keyboard configured as a Type-5. I strongly |
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suspect this is fine since from KDM everything works, only upon |
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entering KDE do things behave erratically (and then only the Alt'ed |
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keys and that pesky "b"). |
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Thanks, |
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Eduardo |
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