On Saturday 11 April 2015 13:33:02 Petter Adsen wrote: > On Sat, 11 Apr 2015 12:14:45 -0400 > > Gene Heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote: > > On Saturday 11 April 2015 09:20:11 Petter Adsen wrote: [...] > > before it was usable even with Brothers own linux drivers. > > If you ever need to do that again, you can do a search for "Hiren's > Boot CD". It contains a PE version of Windows XP that I have used > several times for updating firmware and such.
Neat trick, msg marked. > > > I very strongly suspect that this "SetPoint" would not be executable > > under wine even if I knew where to snag a copy. Something not > > mentioned in that forum link thread. > > I don't use Wine, so I don't really have an opinion about it. The > alternative is of course to install Win in a VM, if your machine can > handle it. I used to run iTunes in a Win7 VM to do certain things when > I had an iPad, but my mother needed a tablet, so I gave it to her. It > always worked perfectly. > > While I prefer kvm/qemu, you could probably do the same with > virtualbox. For USB support I think you need to install the "Guest > Additions" in the Windows guest, but that's easy to do. If you want to > try kvm you can use virt-manager for an easy interface to set up the > VM. None of which I have ever tried to do. > Both of these assume you have a Windows install iso/CD. If I do, its on a decade old set of cd's I made off the lappy when I bought it. The $64K question is where did I stash that zippered cd carrier... > SetPoint > should run on XP and above, according to this webpage, where you can > download it. > > http://support.logitech.com/software/setpoint > > You *should* not need to do any of this, though, as I strongly suspect > that the Fn key simply makes the function keys send a different code > than they do without it pressed. "xev -event keyboard" will tell you > this. Another good hint to remember, thanks. > > > > Some terminals (I'm looking at you, gnome-terminal!) have F10 > > > mapped to open the menu, which obviously don't work well with mc, > > > among other things. It can usually be disabled. In mc, you can > > > press F9, o, o and you will get a menu where you can configure > > > when mc will ask you for confirmations. Uncheck "Exit", go back to > > > the "Options" menu and select "Save setup" - it will not bother > > > you again :) > > > > Whoopy Ding Yippy kie yie ohh, done, and thank you very much Petter. > > You are most welcome :) > > > If you can find the tool to do it. In wheezy's case, keyboard > > managment, in their considered opinion, consists of sliders for > > repeat delay and repeat speed once it kicks in. There are other > > even less important options , but IMNSHO, the global key mappings, > > and the ability to change them, belong in this relatively easy to > > find utility. They would be right at home on YAT (Yet Another Tab). > > But gee whilikers folks, that would make it TOO easy... :( > > I guess that depends on what DE you are in. I started with kde, but switched to TDE when I found out about it. > As I said, Xfce has ways > to set keybindings to launch stuff or execute WM functions. I know > that Enlightenment has really extensive ways to configure your input > devices, but I gave up trying to use it for real work. The lappy IIRC has Mint 14 xfce on it & while its different, it works just fine once the prom dress is on the floor. :) > This link may be of some help: > http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/320420-weekend-project-configure- >your-keyboard-into-submission > I'll have to look at that, but not today. Between the first mowing of the season, and a couple hours running a human backhoe trying to spread gumbo dug out of that pump hole in the basement, this 80 yo is bushed. > You can use the tips there in combination with something like wmctrl > and (g)devilspie if you want to configure certain keys to send events > to your WM/DE. It says to use xmodmap, which we're not supposed to do > any more, but it still does what I need to do. YMMV :) > > > > Have a good one, You too, Petter. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201504111927.24649.ghesk...@wdtv.com
