Hello,
I have just installed mandrake 10.1 and have few questions:
1. During installation I've choosen my native language - Bosnian (Bosanski) and now many of options in MCC for example in translated. Is there any way I can switch language back to english since it's more convinient to describe you if I have problems?
2. On my keyboard characters '<' and '>' is displayed when I press right ALT (on my keyboard AltGr) and press ',' for '<' and '.' for '>' Now on Mnadrake if I press AltGr+, I get < but when I press AltGr+. I get '.'. I tried to disable all keyboard shortcuts but no success.
Then I try to enter ASCII code since ASCII code for > is 62. On windows it's easy, pres Alt and type 062, but how to do that on linux?

Thanks for help

HI,

What graphical server are you using?
If u r in KDE,

1) You can try going into "SYSTEM tab & "Configure Desktop" to change language.

2) I guess ur "numlock services" is activated,
using superuser => type "services" ( See if Numlock is ON ) if yes,
type => "chkconfig --del numlock"

hopes it helps.

I use GNOME
It's weird, on windows AltGr+F will produce '[' for example and that is working in linux, only combination that produce '>' won't work. It's very important for me vecause I want to write programs in C, so I'm stuct at the begining (#include <stdio.h>)
Please help

I don't know where to find SYSTEM tab & Configure Desktop...
Also at console window I type
su and root password and then services, but it's not recognized.
Really don't know what to do

In moment of despair I accidentally discovered how to type '>' (Shift+AltGr+X), but I'm really interested why AltGr+ . won't work. I'm using microsoft multimedia keyboard

P.S. I have created folder in /home directory and gave it name C projects sinca I want to place my source code files there. I noticed that in console window I cannot open that directory with cd C projects, but I can if I choose name to Cprojects, it seems that terminal window doesn't allow whitespace in directiory names. Directory C projects was created in GNOME window system and not in console. Can you confirm this?

HI

- Try this using "su",
then "chkconfig --list numlock"
( See if 3,4,5 are ON )

if yes, type
- "/etc/rc.d/init.d/numlock stop"

Q2. Whitespace are allowed in terminal, i think u might hv type a lowercase C instead of a uppercase C. (Terminal is case sensitive).


Regards Language; it got to be some where on ur X gnome panel, u hv to search,sorry i cant specifically tell u where, u might wanna post a new thread...


take care

Thank you for help.
I have typed:
chkconfig --list numlock
and 3 ,4 and 5 were ON
Then I typed:
chkconfig --del numlock

and after that 3, 4 and 5 were OFF

Unfortunately everything stayed the same as before.
Alt+ ASCII code still don't work and combination of AltGr+. doesn't produce '>'.

I'm pretty much trapped with this situation.
I get ubuntu linux live CD and test it, I have choosen Croatian keyboard and language and combination of AltGr+. does produce > as expected.
Please if you don't know how to help me on Mandrake can you explain me how to remove Mandrake and install ubuntu, since I have a installation CD also.
Is it enough to place it in CD, boot and then somehow format hdb on which is Mandrake located.
I'm very sorry, but it seems I'm not able to work with Mandrake 10.1 maybe versio is too old and doesn't support Croation/Bosnian despite its option in keyboard settings.
Thanks

Yeah, you should have the option to reformat a partition when you install Ubuntu.

You will have the option to install (K)Ubuntu on the partition where Mandrake 10.1 lives now. If your system (hdb) doesn't have files on it that you need to save, you can allow (K)Ubuntu to handle the partition choices --- it wants (automatically) to give you swap and then one partition for the whole distro inc. /home. Did you partition with Mandrake 10.1 ? What is your "table" ------ and do you need to keep it? Dapper is excellent (so far ) and I think that if it gives you the keyboard you need, you should remove Mandrake and go with it!!!

Well, I have two hard discs, on first (hda) is installed dual boot XP/2000 and Mandrake is installed on second HDD (hdb). Currently I have allocated all hdb to Mandrake (/ 4GB, swap 1GB. /home 7 GB and 1,5 GB for windows FAT so I can excange files).
This is my plan (since I have no strength any more to fight Mandrake):
1. Place ubuntu 5.04 into CD
2. Boot system, start installation
3. Format hdb and simply install ubuntu

Will that make problem with starting system since grub loader is installed on hda and through grub I loaded both windows and linux?

Please can you explain me what chkconfig --list numlock and chkconfig --del numlock exactly those commands mean and how they were supposed to solve my problem with keyboard (which is working perfectly when I boot from ubuntu live CD)