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X/Qt / Debian with Xqt

« on: December 23, 2004, 12:13:18 pm »

X/QT Versions and modmap.

Something I found out by accident is that there are 2  (at least) X/QT feeds:

http://xqt.sourceforge.jp/feed   This one is the one linked to from the X/QT downloads page.

http://xqt.sourceforge.jp/feed-testing   This is the one linked to by smuelas.

The latter one actually works really well for me but the former gave me the same xmodmap problems reported by others and some other quirkyness.  

In short, make sure you are getting the version you intend to get.

Yes! Thank you nmos, that did the trick! Now xmodmap accepts the .xmodmaprc with no errors!

It's so nice to be able to type ":" :-)

-dave

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X/Qt / Debian with Xqt

« on: December 12, 2004, 09:16:32 am »

re: xmodmap problems

ok, I did the apt-get upgrade, but still didn't fix my problem.

I even reinstalled the whole xqt, but that didn't help either.

Any more ideas? Is there some way for me to further debug what exactly xmodmap is doing?

thanks,

Dave

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X/Qt / Debian with Xqt

« on: December 11, 2004, 08:36:34 am »

Yes, I've already done the apt-get update, and that didn't help.

Anyone else have this problem?

One question - I installed the xqt packages to internal flash, while my debroot is on my SD card...since debroot cannot see internal flash, I am wondering if this might be a problem? Is this how everyone else has it set up?

Thanks,
Dave

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X/Qt / Debian with Xqt

« on: December 11, 2004, 07:56:30 am »

Hi. I've been able to get everything running on my 6000, with one problem so far -- I can't seem to get xmodmap to work!

When I run xmodmap  using the posted .xmodmaprc (after chrooting to debian and within an xterm) it says something to the effect that the first 7 lines are bad keycodes and stops running. When I run xmodmap -pk (or whatever the command is to view the current keycodes, I'm doing this from memory) it does indeed only start with keycode 8. So next I commented out the first 7 lines in the .xmodmaprc and tried again. This time xmodmap runs without comment, BUT now my entire keyboard is completely messed up, with every key mapped incorrectly so it becomes unusable.

I have tried apt-get update xmodmap and it is part of xbase-clients, so it updated that package; that didn't help.

Another thing: xmodmap app is in /usr/X11R6/bin, which isn't in my default path for some reason. That seems strange too, since lots of apps live in there.

I am wondering if I am missing some configuriation file that xmodmap needs to know the valid keycodes? I did the "small" version of the xqt install, so maybe that is part of it?

Anyway, can anyone help me figure out what is causing this problem? Apart from this (and the fact that firefox is just too slow to be usable) everything has been going great!

Thanks,
Dave

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6000 - Tosa / Socket 2.5 bluetooth - now working

« on: December 08, 2004, 06:54:07 am »

Ok, I got it working! I'm not entirely sure what it is that finally did it (I did lots of tinkering) but I think the key things to get it working were:

(1) starting up the hci_uart module (I'm wondering if this should be added to /etc/rc.d/init.d/bluetooth?)
(2) restarting pcmcia (probably had to due this to clear out the 'busy' states I had created)

then I restarted bluetooth, and everything started to work.

I then struggled to get the connection working with my t-mobile phone, and that took a while too but finally all is well and working.

-dave

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6000 - Tosa / Socket 2.5 bluetooth - now working

« on: December 07, 2004, 08:19:25 am »

Same problem here, with a socket  rev H card --

I have followed the how-to, moved bm3.conf out of the way, and when I try to start up bluetooth I get:


Starting Bluetooth... Can't get port settings: Input/output error
Can't initialize device: Input/output error
Done.


Can anyone help??

Thanks,
Dave

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Deals and Great Z Buys / Socket Cf Bluetooth Card For $23.99 A/r

« on: December 03, 2004, 11:50:48 am »

I just ordered this card for my newly ordered 6000 (coming in today!! ), and thought I'd share what I think is a pretty good deal.

Dell has this card normally for $59.99 (already a good deal!) but this week it is 10% off, at $53.99. Here is the link:

Socket CF Bluetooth Connection Kit

Socket has a mail in rebate for $30, good until the end of the month. Here is the link:

Socket $30 Rebate

So the total will come to only $23.99!

Now, hopefully it isn't too hard to get it configured with the 6000....

-dave