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Re: [LUG] new sarge/first post

 

Hi, as a newbie myself.....

On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 06:41:09AM -0700, Stuart Dunstan wrote:
<snip>

> 
> I'm currently trying to find time to get the XWindows
> system up and running.
> 
> Also does anyone know how to fix this:
> Upon bootup, the black screens with all the
> information scrolling past seems to be uniformly one
> character out of place to the left, so that i can't
> see the first letter of each line. 
> I've tried the dpkg thing (reconfigure for monitor etc
> but so far no joy, and no working Xwindows either.
>
I had major problems with xwindows until I changed the settings for the
keyboard layout. Sounds silly but it worked for me.

The settings I used were pc104 and en_GB (and yes I have more than 104
keys on my keyboard: at some point I will have to map the remaining keys
but to be honest it is too much like hardwork at the moment)

I also found http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=2016 to be very
helpful. This is really for woody but I found most of the instructions
to be self explanatory for Sarge

Henry

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