I installed mandrake 9.1 on ecs ibuddie 928 notebook

The function tab keeps permanently on.

I have set an italian qwerty keyb layout .

Before mandrale I had redhat and also tried slackware.

Both didn't have this problem, even if Mandralke shows only an optio n for it keyb, redhat and slack had two or three.

hi,

welcome to linux questions,

i presume that on your laptop when you type certain letters you get numbers and symbols ?

if so i think you mean your num lock is on, just check to make sure you donot have a light on your laptop some place

the lock lights are normally in clusters ( groups ) the three locks, num lock, caps lock, and scroll lock, the num lock is normally represented with either:

a number 1
a little square with little dots inside
an open padlock with a number 1 inside

to fix this simply press the num lock button and the light will go out

let us know what happens

No it is the fn (function tab).

But I have just discovered that installer didn't install any, I mean any !!!, XF86Config file in /etc/X11

I will try to write a decent ono with sis specific rules, as described in www.desknote.biz faq.


I didn't even think of such possibility.

oh right!?

if you are successful, would you consider writing a page for
www.linux-on-laptops.com ?


please keep us posted

If I will be succesful I will surely do

I had the same issue with mandrake 10.1, it was the num lock key, you just need to hold the fn key while u hit the num lock key then it will turn off, to fix it permentaly I went into the mandrake control center, into system, then services and uncheck numlock on boot. thats all folks, anyone get tv out on the 928/928 going?