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    6.4.3 Growing Pains

    Here are some growing pains I've noticed in
    my recent 2Gb SDCard version of Knoppix 6.4.3 Live USB

    Also a problem in 6.2.1
    Audio values set by alsamixer aren't saved;
    easily remedied via /etc/rc.local.

    Unique to 6.4.3
    Firewall tool applet choices don't recognize persistent store location;
    nothing gets saved.

    Cube face wallpaper choices get written over on re-boot;
    ~/.config/compiz/compizconfig may be at fault

    Everything mountable gets mounted; potentially hazardous access to ntfs partitions.
    cpm says ~/.config/pcmanfm/LXDE/pcmanfm.conf may be at fault.

    Gnome log file viewer no longer available;
    probably relied on gnome utils which have been removed since 6.2.1.

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    Relative to these 'Growing Pains' I offer the following workarounds:

    Alsamixer values can easily be set and saved by adding a few lines
    to your /etc/rc.local file. Search here for 'utu sset', see my
    post #4 to krishna.murphy.

    The wall paper choices and the everything-gets-mounted problems are
    easily cured with a simple edit. Search for 'utu desktop', see my
    post #5 to thread started by cpm.

    The log file viewer can easily be replaced by using mc, Midnight Commander.
    This is already installed in 6.4.3.

    If you miss 'locate' as I did, put it back via Synaptic. A 300Kb bargain.

    I have no solution yet for the firewall difficulty. I didn't even know
    we needed one. Might be a simple xdg init problem, like the one
    involving PCManFM desktop preferences.

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    I downloaded 6.4.3 to replace a very old Knoppix I used for many years, and was dissapointed to find that 'lang=uk' no longer works (the keyboard is dead if I try it). This is a nuisance for me here in England.

    This may not be something new to 6.4.3. but could I ask here if there is a way to make lang=uk work for me.

    Thanks
    Peter

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    I've never done this, but you might look at the following approach:

    http://sluglug.ucsc.edu/pipermail/sl...ch/016706.html

    Let us know if this is a viable approach or if you find another that is.

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    Thanks for the idea but I was hoping that there was some LINUX command that would do the same as the Knoppix 'lang=uk' cheatcode which worked before - I suppose that somewhere inside the box there is already the UK keyboard layout in a file and I just need to know how to switch to it each time I need to use Knoppix from the Live CD (which, for the moment, is only when I need to do some emergency repairs to Windows).

    Why does 'lang=uk' not work now? Does it save some space on the CD? Are there only one or two Knoppix users in England so it's not worth it? The -EN version of Knoppix doesn't use the English keyboard but the American keyboard! Where would I go (which forum) to ask if 'lang=uk' could be put back into the next version?

    regards
    Peter

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    This article presents a plausible story:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British...ican_keyboards

    Also, there is a language abbreviation standard where
    en is 'international english' and and uk is 'Ukrainian'.

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    Yes, but the earlier Knoppix gave me a perfectly correct British keyboard when I entered 'knoppix lang=uk' at the boot: prompt, and it no longer does it (lang=uk makes the keyboard dead, not ukrainian). This is why I am hoping that the British keyboard file is still in there somewhere and there is a way to select it after booting.

    Peter

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    How about ga for Gaelic?

    oops, gd for Gaelic, my bad.

    The iso 639-1 list is here:

    http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-...glish_list.php

    Just fooling. You have a point.
    Only Klaus knows the real answer.
    I suspect the Windows argument is at the heart of it,
    that there are many dialects of english.
    Or was that Mr Shaw?
    Last edited by utu; 02-06-2011 at 12:02 AM.

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    Have you tried pc105?

    Post #6 here seems to be of some help to you.

    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=253417

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    All I want to know is how to get back to the keyboard layout that worked fine for me in the past with 'lang=uk' at the boot: prompt. Can you suggest another Knoppix forum where I might ask the question again. I am half hoping that Klaus might have not intended to remove the British keyboard (maybe he thought he was removing a ukrainian keyboard which would have used the Cyrillic alphabet which maybe cannot be displayed anyway!).

    Peter

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