[SLE] 9.3: keyboard, zip disks, mounting encrypted FS, KDE Samba

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Date: 11 Jun 2005 21:29:47 +0100
To: suse-linux-e@suse.com

Hello All,

I'm a "beginner skilled" user of Linux and I recently installed the
9.3 distribution.

Everything went fine during the installation, but a few things seem wrong
or stuck me now the installation and online update is completed:

- The keyboard does no more work properly (missing keys, like the "@")
  It appears that X keyboard cannot be configured properly and switch
  back to a default setting.
  Using SaX2, I got the following error message:

    (WW) MGA(0): Option "CalcAlgorithm" is not used
    (EE) Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap

  And from a console, the command "setxkbmap -v 10" return this:

    Setting verbose level to 10
    locale is C
    Applied rules from xfree86:
    model: pc104
    layout: be
    variant: basic
    Trying to build keymap using the following components:
    keycodes: sfree86+aliases(azerty)
    types: complete
    compat: complete
    symbols: pc/pc(104)+pc/be(basic)
    geometry: pc(pc104)
    Error loading new keyboard description

  This problem has been submitted to the Suse support team and is
  being investigated. Hopefully, this should be fixed soon.
  In the meantime (It's now a week I have to cut-and-paste the
  characters I can't produce with my keyboard), anyone has an idea ?
  (My keyboard is a Mitsumi 105 keys, Belgium layout, model KFKEA5SA)

- Zip Disks (IOmega).
  Here is another request I sent to the Suse support team, but there
  will be no follow-up for this one (as "configuration of ZIP drives is
  not supported through the terms of the installation support"):

  As I understand, a (Iomega) ZIP disk is automatically mounted when you
  first access to it.
  But when I have finished using the disk, I cannot eject it. I tried
  to unmount it (as user), and got the error message that the device is
  probably mounted multiple time (?), and it failed. I have to unmount
  the ZIP drive as root to be able to eject the disk (then I can insert
  and eject other zip disks as normal).
  In fstab, here is the entry:

 /dev/hdd4 /media/zip auto noauto,user 0 0

  but in mtab, there are two entries (after the ZIP disk is first mounted):

 /dev/hdd4 /media/zip subfs rw,nosuid,nodev,sync,fs=floppyfss,procuid 0 0
 /dev/hdd4 /media/zip vfat rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,user=amigaphil 0 0

  Where should I look to find the origin of the "excessive" mounting ?
  What should I modify/remove to be able to use the ZIP disk like
  a floppy disk, or at least not having to unmount the drive as root
  to be able to eject it ?

- Mounting an encrypted FS in a file (at a mouse click)
  I have successfully created a encrypted filesystem in a file and I
  can mount/unmount it from a console.

  I wonder if there is a way to configure e.g. KDiskFree to make it
  prompt for the password when I try to mount the encrypted file ?
  Or is there a better way to mount/unmount it using GUI ? An icon
  on the desktop ?

- Samba / KDE
  I'm trying to access my second computer using the KDE Samba client,
  but I'm getting all sorts of errors like "connection timeout", ...

  Is KDE/Samba reliable or should I configure my Suse/Linux machine
  as a Samba server ?

  Note: When I was using the 8.0 distribution, I found that the best
  (stable) way to access my Amiga computer shares was to mount the
  shares using LinNeighborghood (which is no more part of the 9.3)
  I believe the Samba support has improve in recent distributions,
  so I think I should still be able to access my Amiga shares now.
  I would like to see the shares being mounted (if the remote
  computer is available) as I log in as user.

That's all for now ;-)

Thanks.

AmigaPhil, world citizen. _No MS-HTML mail please_ PGP key: 0x9C07F6C1

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