X & KDE 3.1 -- keyboard help!

[lowtech1]

I can't get my generic 105 & 107 keyboard to work with Yoper Linux in X or KDE, but it funtion perfectly fine in CLI.

Is there a way to iron this bug out?

Is there a config file that I could edit to see if I could get it to work?

I have downloaded 2 ISO images and both failed me. The first set of ISO took about an hour to install & the second set took about 15 min to install.

 

[cleverhandle]

Originally posted by: lowtech
I can't get my generic 105 & 107 keyboard to work with Yoper Linux in X or KDE, but it funtion perfectly fine in CLI.

How exactly does it not work? Like no input at all, mixed up characters, missing keys, or what? What kind of interface on the keyboard? What does /var/log/XFree86.0.log have to say?

Is there a config file that I could edit to see if I could get it to work?

/etc/X11/XF86Config has the basic keyboard definitions - you should see something like "pc105" in the keyboard section. There may be some other keyboard files I'm not familiar with as well.

I have downloaded 2 ISO images and both failed me. The first set of ISO took about an hour to install & the second set took about 15 min to install.

What are you talking about? The ISO "failed you" because you don't know how to set up your keyboard?

 

[lowtech1]

There were 4 files that failed during boot & it flash by really quick, and I can only make it out as /var/

The input work perfectly in bash, but will not work under X or KDE.

I can get into KDE & X through the use of startx command (becasue I didn't want to start X on boot as default), and the desktop is the prettiest that I have seen in a Linux distro, but the only input that I could do is with a mouse.

I have a lot to learn in Linux, but I have setup many Debians, RH and many other distros that funtion perfectly on the same hardware, and Yoper is the only distro that will not work with my Mitsumi 107 & 105, NEC 104, or Digital 101 keyboard.

And, thanks for suggesting with editing the XF86Config, becasue I didn't think it was an XF86 problem.

As for the disk image. I just don't know why it would take 1 hour to fdisk format & install, then only 15 min on the next on the same hardware. I can replicate the problem with EXT2, EXT3 & ReiserFS.

 

[cleverhandle]

Originally posted by: lowtech
There were 4 files that failed during boot & it flash by really quick, and I can only make it out as /var/

Check the output of dmesg for errors that occur before init starts. If your screen blanks before the login prompt (obscuring errors), try renaming /etc/issue - there's probably an escape sequence there that clears the screen.

The input work perfectly in bash, but will not work under X or KDE.

I can get into KDE & X through the use of startx command (becasue I didn't want to start X on boot as default), and the desktop is the prettiest that I have seen in a Linux distro, but the only input that I could do is with a mouse.

So it doesn't work at all. Odd...

I have a lot to learn in Linux, but I have setup many Debians, RH and many other distros that funtion perfectly on the same hardware, and Yoper is the only distro that will not work with my Mitsumi 107 & 105, NEC 104, or Digital 101 keyboard.

Some distros do a better job configuring things than others - I have no idea what Yoper is, so I don't know where it falls. It sounds like these may not be standard PC keyboards? Perhaps Yoper's config program just wasn't expecting that, and you'll have to edit the XF86 keyboard section by hand.

And, thanks for suggesting with editing the XF86Config, becasue I didn't think it was an XF86 problem.

Well, if it works in the console, but not in X, that's the first thing that would occur to me. Maybe there are other possibilities, too, though.

As for the disk image. I just don't know why it would take 1 hour to fdisk format & install, then only 15 min on the next on the same hardware. I can replicate the problem with EXT2, EXT3 & ReiserFS.

Ah... I understand what you're saying now. Sounds more like a bad disk causing rereads than a bad ISO, though. Usually if the ISO data is bad, the install will cough up errors about bad checksums or similar.

 

[lowtech1]

Originally posted by: cleverhandle

Originally posted by: lowtech
There were 4 files that failed during boot & it flash by really quick, and I can only make it out as /var/

Check the output of dmesg for errors that occur before init starts. If your screen blanks before the login prompt (obscuring errors), try renaming /etc/issue - there's probably an escape sequence there that clears the screen.

The input work perfectly in bash, but will not work under X or KDE.

I can get into KDE & X through the use of startx command (becasue I didn't want to start X on boot as default), and the desktop is the prettiest that I have seen in a Linux distro, but the only input that I could do is with a mouse.

So it doesn't work at all. Odd...

I have a lot to learn in Linux, but I have setup many Debians, RH and many other distros that funtion perfectly on the same hardware, and Yoper is the only distro that will not work with my Mitsumi 107 & 105, NEC 104, or Digital 101 keyboard.

Some distros do a better job configuring things than others - I have no idea what Yoper is, so I don't know where it falls. It sounds like these may not be standard PC keyboards? Perhaps Yoper's config program just wasn't expecting that, and you'll have to edit the XF86 keyboard section by hand.

And, thanks for suggesting with editing the XF86Config, becasue I didn't think it was an XF86 problem.

Well, if it works in the console, but not in X, that's the first thing that would occur to me. Maybe there are other possibilities, too, though.

As for the disk image. I just don't know why it would take 1 hour to fdisk format & install, then only 15 min on the next on the same hardware. I can replicate the problem with EXT2, EXT3 & ReiserFS.

Ah... I understand what you're saying now. Sounds more like a bad disk causing rereads than a bad ISO, though. Usually if the ISO data is bad, the install will cough up errors about bad checksums or similar.

I got Yoper Linux install & config the kbd & monitor in XF86Config-4 for KDE 3.1.
The strangest thing is that the Xkb didn't work is because the monitor was incorrectly detected, but the monitor refresh rate & monitor sizes worked perfectly