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Newer page: version 11 Last edited on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 8:54:14 am by CraigBox Revert
Older page: version 10 Last edited on Monday, November 29, 2004 4:12:05 pm by OmegaTron Revert
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-!!! Mouse hardware support under [XFree86] 
+!!! Mouse hardware support under [XFree86]/[XOrg
  
 !! Side buttons on 7-button mice 
  
 Mice like the MS Intellimouse Explorer have 5 buttons, besides the wheel, which means a total of 7 buttons as far as [XFree86] is concerned. Here's a summary of how to get the extra buttons working, as outlined in the [official XFree developer documentation|http://www.xfree86.org/4.2.0/mouse.html]. 
@@ -112,7 +112,40 @@
  keycode 237 = XF86AudioMedia 
  keycode 235 = XF86MyComputer 
  keycode 161 = XF86Calculator 
  keycode 223 = XF86Standby 
+  
+!!Dvorak keyboard layout  
+  
+Courtesy of David !McNab on [NZLUG].  
+  
+After much frustration and trial/error, I've finally perfected my Dvorak/XWindows setup.  
+  
+I tried two different ways of setting up dvorak:  
+  
+1) the ~/.xinitrc command:  
+  
+ setxkbmap dvorak  
+  
+2) the XWindows config line:  
+  
+ Option "!XkbLayout" "dvorak"  
+  
+Both these approaches had the same problems:  
+  
+* right-side Alt and Logo keys not being recognised  
+* Ctrl-Alt sequences such as Ctrl-Alt-Delete and Ctrl-Alt-Backspace not working  
+* keyboard shortcuts not working in my window manager (Openbox)  
+  
+I tried adding some 'xmodmap keysym' commands to my .xinitrc, but these just got ignored.  
+  
+The only solution that has worked for me has been a full xmodmap config file with a couple of nonintuitive tweaks. I've put mine (for standard  
+104-key keyboard) up at http://www.freenet.org.nz/dvorak.xmodmap.  
+  
+I activate this in my X config by putting into my .xinitrc the command:  
+  
+ xmodmap /path/to/dvorak.xmodmap  
+  
+This is the only scheme I've found that sets up my dvorak keyboard exactly as one would expect.  
  
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