From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Eric FEILLANT" Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 07:41:13 +0000 Subject: Re: SUN KEYBOARD PROBLEM, please help MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----------7NhE3WuB9OnU6N9D2A0R5Y7" Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: To: ultralinux@vger.kernel.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------------7NhE3WuB9OnU6N9D2A0R5Y7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit dan carter wrote: > Eric FEILLANT wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I just installed SUSE 7.0 on my ULTRA SPARC 5 WS. > > > > My keyboard (Sun type 5) works well in console mode but > > have problem with Xfree86 (v3). > > > > When i press the 'H' key i get 'G', when i press 'T' i get 'R', when i > > press > > 6 i get '5' ...and so on .... > > Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] Type 6 Keyboard > From: Thorsten Kukuk (kukuk@suse.de) > Date: Tue Nov 28 2000 - 23:34:50 PST > > New Message Reply Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ > author ] > > Hi, > > On Tue, Nov 28, Robert V. Sigillito wrote: > > > I just installed SuSe 7.0 for the Sparc on an Ultra 5 with a type 6 > > Keyboard. Everything went fine till I went to login. All the key's were > > offset. By that I mean to type an 's' you had to hit an 'a' to type a 'j' > > you hit a 'h'. > > This is a known problem with ATI graphiccards, YaST2 and english/US > Keyboards. Switch to runlevel 2 and start "sax" to configure X11. > After this the keyboard should work correct. > > Thorsten > > Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] Type 6 Keyboard > From: Joshua Uziel (uzi@suse.com) > Date: Tue Nov 28 2000 - 18:52:02 PST > > New Message Reply Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ > author ] > > * Robert V. Sigillito [001128 18:37]: > > I just installed SuSe 7.0 for the Sparc on an Ultra 5 with a type 6 > > Keyboard. Everything went fine till I went to login. All the key's > > were offset. By that I mean to type an 's' you had to hit an 'a' to > > type a 'j' you hit a 'h'. > > > > I have a type 5 keyboard that I plan on connecting tomorrow. I was > > wondering if anyone else has had this problem. And yes, it was set for > > "U.S English". The only thing I can think is that SuSe 7.0 does not > > support the type 6 keyboard. Strange thing was when I was going > > through the install screens I was able to type in letters and numbers > > with no problem. > > Yes, I saw this issue as well... the way I got around it was to do the > following: > > * Start up the machine without using [xgk]dm (text console) one way or > another... I managed to do this by repetetively hitting ctrl-alt-f1 as > X was loading. > * Stop [xgk]dm... in fact, go and configure the machine not to run them > while you do this (just in case). > * Run SaX and configure X to be either 8 or 24 bits... but not 16 bits > (which in my theory is part of the issue)... try this and see that you > get it working. If you don't, I can send you my XF86Config file > tommorow. > * Test it with a "startx"... if it works, get [xgk]dm running again. > > It was just something strangely misconfigured for my (on my U10, which > is the same as a U5, just a different riser card and case)... give this > a whirl and see how it goes. :) > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe ultralinux" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org It does not work for me , can u send me u'r XF86config file ? Thanks, Eric. ------------7NhE3WuB9OnU6N9D2A0R5Y7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable Post-scriptum La Poste Ce message est confidentiel. Sous r=E9serve de tout accord conclu par =E9crit entre vous et La Poste, son contenu ne repr=E9sente en aucun cas un= engagement de la part de La Poste. Toute publication, utilisation ou diffusion, m=EAme partielle, doit =EAtre autoris=E9e pr=E9alablement. Si vo= us n'=EAtes pas destinataire de ce message, merci d'en avertir imm=E9diatement= l'exp=E9diteur. ------------7NhE3WuB9OnU6N9D2A0R5Y7-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe ultralinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org