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Ethaniel

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Posted: April 14 2007,22:47

Okay, I have tried what you said in your answer, but I haven't had much success. Let's see:

1) When I press F2, instead of saving, Midnight Commander inserts a "F2" legend in the text file I'm editing. The same happens when I press other function keys. The only thing I have discovered is when you press "Insert", you can rotate between Insert and Replace.

2) The keyboard defeated me once again. I have tried to use the brazilian keymap through DSL Panel, but when I restart, I have two error messages: "findkeymap: no such file or directory" and "can't find the file br". Tried to add manually the route to the keymap file and DSL seems to load it correctly, but still doesn't work. I even tried to use the "es" keymap, and the "ñ" key returned, but the accents are not working. They appear before the vocal, instead of remain suspended, waiting for the vocal. That means they appear as "´a" instead of "á". Any other ideas?

3) If the module required to install GTK2 is the one called "GTK2-0705.unc", then I can't make it work. I tried using the "mydsl-load", but showed an error like "can't show display" or something similar. Without GTK, of course, I haven't been able to install the new AbiWord.

Anyway, I try to keep my mind open. Maybe installing DSL to the hard drive using the "dsl-hdinstall" was incorrect, and I should install it differently. Probably it's my fault, I had to throw to the trash can my last fifteen years of experience with computers to understand a Linux system, and I still have a long way to go. But I won't give up on DSL. It's fast, small, and very functional, and the sound card I added was detected perfectly, even when it's using a cheap, generic Crystal sound chip. I wasn't so convinced by DSL-N, and quickly returned to DSL. With DSL-N had some video problems (the image got a "negative" effect every time I opened an application, especially AbiWord), and hardware detection looks more precise in DSL than DSL-N.

Sorry to bother you with all of this. Once again, thanks for your patience.

Lysander.

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Posted: April 15 2007,01:53

These numbers are new, right?

B1
I've never used MC personally, so I just picked that up from a quick search.

B2
You could try just "loadkeys <locale>" in some startup script. Does it work properly in the console (i.e. when you kill X)? Is the "´a" actually one character (If so, you might need to change your font)? Which editor/program are you testing this in?

B3
UNC's are only for systems using unionfs (i.e. DSL 3.x+ frugal setups). Maybe a notification should be used to warn the user... since some others also did what you did but didn't know where to look.

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With DSL-N had some video problems (the image got a "negative" effect every time I opened an application, especially AbiWord), and hardware detection looks more precise in DSL than DSL-N.

Could probably easily fix that by xsetup (if it was only X) or vga/fb bootcodes. Note that DSL-N is meant for newer hardware.

Ethaniel

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Posted: April 17 2007,23:26

Well. I have had no luck so far, and things are getting harder to understand. I haven´t been able to make the accents work the way they should. I tried using Ted, GTKEdit, the terminal, and the result is the same. Maybe the keymaps work perfectly using the Live CD mode, or a Frugal install, but with my kind of install, the keyboard doesn´t want to know anything about it. BTW, the "´a" are two characters, while "á", is just one. There´s no need of Unicode, vocals with accents are present in the standard ASCII code.

After a few searches in Google, a lot of forum diving, and a necessary dose of pain, I have found the GTK2 package in DSL format, and installed perfectly. But I wasn´t that surprised when I saw that UNC files still refuse to be installed. This is my dilemma: I want the newest version available of AbiWord in my DSL installation. I think the last is 2.2.7, and there´s another one which is older. According to the AbiWord page, the latest is something like 2.4.6 or 2.4.5, depending on the OS used.

If the latest version must be compiled, I could do it, with the right instructions, because I have no idea about programming or package building. The same goes for other things, like XMMS. I have noticed that the latest version is 1.2.10, when the one installed in DSL is 1.2.8. It would be great if I could update XMMS, but if I can´t even manage to install the latest AbiWord, then hitting my head against the wall will be the least I will do.

Which would be the right procedure? Getting the code, and then compile it? And after it is compiled, how can it be converted to DSL format? If this can save others of hitting their heads like I´m doing right now, and put on-line the latest AbiWord so everyone can download it, I´m willing to try. UNC files are becoming my mortal enemy, and DSL files look much more manageable, if not obedient.

Once again, thank you all for your patience.

Lysander.

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