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Ramik

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Posted: Nov. 07 2006,20:16

This Issue has been solved and has resulted in this guide:
http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....060;r=1

The Original Post:

How can I use my keyboard to move the mouse (enable MouseKeys???) ?

I'm running an old 100mhz pc with no mouse and no CDROM, I have managed to install DSL to my HD using this guide:
http://www.jb4x4.com/linux/CompaqWriteup.htm
I copied the CD content using FTP with FreeSco, then booted the image with isolinux,
Then I dsl-hdinstall to another partition.

The problem is that I want to control the X using the numpad keys, I found some info on:
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/x-faq/part2/section-19.html

Then I followed http://www.jb4x4.com/linux/CompaqWriteup.htm on how to install xfree86.
To run it I use -allowMouseOpenFail in .xserverrc so that the X is loading up, but I can't get the Xkb working and the "Option "MouseKeys".

* if its possible I'll prefer not using xfree86

** Its best that this option will be available when booting (in xsetup.sh I want it as an option to replace the mouse, cause I think i really messed up my system while installing DSL and I would like to clean format as soon as I figure out a permanent solution...) - but thats just an idea...

Ramik

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Posted: Nov. 09 2006,18:43

I dug up some more details:

So the MouseKeys feature in Xkb is exacly what I need, but I don't know how to set it up, but Xkb does seem to be present in the Xfree86 MyDSL exteantion and their is a guide here failed to follow (

):
http://www.xfree86.org/current/XKB-Config.html

Does anyone care to give it another try as I'm am clueless (o.o)

MDG

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Posted: Nov. 10 2006,01:58

Ramik,
Try the ratpoison keyboard driven window manager - from MYDSL extensions.

http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub....wm_apps

MDG

Ramik

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Posted: Nov. 10 2006,05:14

Thanks for the links, I too thought about ratpoison, but it seem to be incompatible with ICCCM which means many apps will need special compiles.
Beside, don't forget lazy programmers forget to set the Tabstop ;-) and thus programs become unusable with keyboard only.
If a mouse pointer is emulated, their is no such problem...

Though it is nice to know I won't be needing to compile ratpoison myself :-)

Maybe their is a similar solution I no not of and might be more compatible ? I just know I won't like ratpoison...

MDG

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Posted: Nov. 10 2006,13:26

Ramik,

Is this link what you are looking for?

http://www.math.missouri.edu/~stephen/software/

MDG

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