Ubuntu :: Swap A Key On My Keymap ?
Aug 28, 2010I use the infinity symbol quite a lot and I'd like to change an unused key (fn perhaps) to the infinity symbol key.
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Slackware :: Get A US Keymap In X?
Feb 24, 2011in 13.0 I remember I had to setup some HAL stuff to get a UK keyboard. Now I have upgraded to 13.1 and my keyboard has been replaced with a US keyboard, so I would like to change the keymap to match. From what I have found when reading X no longer uses HAL? In which case, how would I change the keymap? I am not using an xorg config file.
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Aug 12, 2011I have a system without a cd reader so i dd'd the livecd iso (I'm stuck with 7.10) to a partition. I can boot the system with grub4dos by loading the kernel and ramdisk. Is there a kernel parameter I can append so I can change the keymap like I was able to by pressing F3 in the cd boot menu?
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May 29, 2011I want to exchange Esc and CapsLock in console (not in X environment), how can I do it? (My OS is Ubuntu)
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Mar 25, 2011Some time ago I acquired a non-working Apple Power Macintosh G4 with an Apple Pro Keyboard - model M7803 - (and a LaCie electron22blue CRT monitor). The fault turned out to be simple to fix and a re-install of OS X Leopard produced a working system - with all keys on the keyboard returning the symbols engraved thereon. BUT - Leopard is the last version of OS X to support PPC machines. SO - I've added a second hard drive which I'm using to experiment with dual-booted Linux distributions. I'm currently using the latest version of MintPPC. The first installation step is to do a network install of a basic CLI Debian Squeeze setup. Then the 'Mint' bits are added. System Monitor reports:Debian Release 6.0.1
Kernel 2.6.32-5-powerpc
GNOME 2.30.2
My M7803 keyboard is sort of 'British' - Shift+3 gives '�'.However, compared to a standard 105-key PC keyboard, @ and " are interchanged in the US fashion. The installed keymap handles these keys but fails for the two extra keys - key 49 (the key to the left of '1') and key 94 (the key to the left key of 'Z'). I found a 'fix' for this here: [URL] using xmodmap. BUT - this fix has to be done each time the machine is started. how can I make the changes 'stick'? One way would be to create a modified keymap and then point my system to it. However, all of the suggestions I've found on how to do this founder on the non-availability of either an application or a file or some detail of how to ensure that the modified keymap is used. Edit] Should have followed the Ubuntu forum thread to the bitter end. Creating a ~/.Xmodmap file automates the process - but you would need to create this file for each user.
CentOS 5 :: Loading Default Keymap After A Yum Update?
Jul 16, 2009after I yum update, I've got this error on boot.
Press 'I' to enter interactive startup.
Cannot access the Hardware Clock via any known method.
Use the --debug option to see the details of our search for an access method.
Setting clock (utc): Thu Jul 16 18:54:50 CEST 2009 [ OK ]
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OpenSUSE Install :: Loading Console Keymap On Boot
Feb 11, 2010During boot-up of openSUSE 11.2 (dup'd from 11.1; default runlevel 3) the following message appears:
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My question now: Is there a way to tell SUSE to set the above mentioned keymap using UTF-8 encoding instead of assuming ISO-8859-15?
The few Google search results (~7) on this topic also seem to indicate that this is a 'German-only' problem because it only seems to appear when setting German keymaps.
OpenSUSE Install :: Wrong Keymap - Now Root Can't Login ?
Dec 30, 2010I just happened to lock myself out of ssh access on my xen virtual server since I changed the ssh port but forgot to open it in the firewall. No problem, I just access it through VNC in VM manager, I thought, however I have some special chars in my root password and the keymap through VNC seems to have changed somehow. So I cant login as root, nor do su or sudo. I can login as user. I need the sign " but can't figure out how.
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Jul 1, 2010I've installed wmii as window manager (slackware 13.1) locally, i.e. not system wide. I use a german keyboard and this works fine until I start my window manager. within wmii the german layout is not present (neither in xterm nor in emacs or ooo3 etc). I changed the file /etc/X11/xorg-conf already accordingly but without any effect. Hence I suspect that the local installation of the wmii requires a change of another config-file?!
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Mar 20, 2010I avoid capslock like the plague and use "ctrl:nocaps" when in X, and would like to have the same behaviour in the console. Back when I was using Debian I got it set up the way I want, but now I can't seem to locate the default keymap. I tried editing
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/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/defkeymap.map.gz
and it works when I use loadkeys manually, but not on boot.
Ubuntu :: Swap Space Shows 0k But Have Volume Formatted As Swap
Dec 7, 2010Lucid on an Acer Travelmate800.Can anyone tell me why I have 0k for swap space? I allocated swap which I can see in my Disk Utility's 'volumes' display.
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Aug 16, 2010RAM for older machines like I use is fairly cheap these days. But flash memory is just as cheap or cheaper. So I'd like to ask about the feasibility of expanding my system's memory using flash memory. And about whether creating a partition for swap on the flash memory, or whether a swap file on the flash device, is the better way to go.
By flash memory I have in mind mainly USB sticks or what are sometimes called "pen drives." But I do also have CF and SD cards that, with the proper cheap adapter (one of which I already own for adapting CF) could be used to create extra swap space. So, what is the current consensus on the feasibility/advisability of using flash memory for swap? I've read about the limited write cycles of flash being an argument against using it for swap. But recent reading indicates to me that the limited write cycles problem applies mostly to older, smaller-capacity flash memory. Some will come out and say that, for larger-capacity flash memory, the life of the device is likely to exceed the amount of time your current computer will be useful (I think I've seen estimates in the range of 3-4 years life--minimum--for newer, higher-capacity flash memory).
A more persuasive argument I've heard against using flash memory for swap is that access times for these devices can be much slower than SATA, and maybe even IDE, hard drives. That would certainly dictate against using flash memory for swap.
So, how about some input on this issue? Anyone using flash memory for swap? If so, what kind (e.g., usb stick or SD/CF)? Are you using a swap file or a swap partition? How's system performance? Likewise, has anyone had flash-memory-used-as-swap die on them? The consequences would undoubtedly be dire. Also, has anyone measured flash memory access times to confirm or refute claims about slow access times? Are some types of flash memory better/worse than others in terms of access times?
OpenSUSE Install :: Swap Partition : Need To Check Swap File System?
Mar 20, 2011Does one need to Check the Swap filesystem, from time to time
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Feb 4, 2010Every time I log in, I get 5 alerts. When I check them out, there is nothing to see. Everything is blank. I'm tired of seeing this lousy popup each time I login. How can I fix this? Also, how do I change the systems default keymap to dvorak (before login screen)
View 1 Replies View RelatedSlackware :: Reset Default Keymap Then Switch Ctrl>>Capslock Not Working?
Jan 8, 2011 I'm running through an Emacs tutorial and I was trying to figure out how to exchange CTRL and CAPSLOCK.
1. From the Emacs Wiki, i saw
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As super-user:
$ loadkeys emacs
$ echo "loadkeys emacs" >> /etc/rc.d/rc.local
so, maybe stupidly I tried this. Which seems to have changed nothing.
so then I try
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loadkeys -d
to try and get back to the default. Which doesn't seem to work. so then thinking i should reset everything, try to go in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty and do
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loadkeys defkeymap.map.gz
Finally, I go into /etc/X11 and edit xorg.conf-vesa to uncomment
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# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
#
Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
and restart.
To no avail...
General :: Use Windows Pagefile.sys (swap) As Swap?
Feb 19, 2010I know it's possible, but does anyone have a URL or tutorial on how to do this?
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May 27, 2010I am just wondering why KDE never uses my swap. On the KsysGuard, It reports that I have a GB of swap that is never used. I have 2GB of ram. This is only an issue because VMware will take up half of my computers resources for itself if, in the event, it needs to use it. How do I change this so my swap is being used. I have: Kubuntu 8.04LTS
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Apr 11, 2010I did something wrong while setting up my swapspace so now my main HDD is linux-swap I am dual booting windows and ubuntu, but now I can't boot into windows nor acces the partition because it is swap now.
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Sep 14, 2010What apps use RAM and which ones use SWAP?
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Feb 14, 2011My motherboard supports up to 8GB DDR2. I currently have 4GB installed. If I maxed out my RAM, and installed 10.10 without a swap partition, I've heard this would increase speeds significantly. Would it? This particular rig runs multiple servers including an Asterisk PBX with FreePBX, XBMC, and Boxee. XBMC and Boxee do not run at the same time, only one at a time. Would it be safe to run with 8GB ram, and no swap partition? Running FreePBX/asterisk, XBMC, playing videos or ....., and every other background processes, free shows on average 50% free. Opinions?
View 3 Replies View RelatedUbuntu :: Can't Enlarge Swap / Why Is So?
Mar 4, 2011I recently enlarged my Root and Home partitions and in the process was left with 1.69 GB of unallocated space next to Swap(see image). Not quite sure how it happened this way but for some reason I was unable to grab all the unallocated space available when enlarging either Home or Root. What I am wondering is there any reason why I couldn't enlarge Swap and thereby use up that unused 1.69 GB? Would there be any minor advantage to this? Also if I did this would it simply be a matter of booting from Live Disc and running GParted with Swap off and grabbing that space?
View 3 Replies View RelatedUbuntu :: What Is Swap And Extended
Jun 4, 2011what exactly are my 'swap 3.1gb' and 'extended 3.1gb' partitions for? are they necessary? what would happen if i deleted them? do they have to be that big (thinking about loading ubuntu to 20gb HDD partition, but at 6gb for the other stuff, #ouch#)? What does ubuntu do about very low space when installing (i.e. in reference to the 20gb part)? why does ubuntu have these but no other Operating Systems do? Would i lose any performance without them?
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Jun 17, 2011I am getting a new SSD for my laptop and I have been researching the different tweaks for an SSD. I still have a question regarding the swap partition: is it better to not have one for an SSD? (I have 4GB of RAM...)
If I don't, how would I specify it during the installation process for 10.04?
Ubuntu :: Wrong RAM - Swap Assumptions ?
Jan 9, 2010I have 1GB ram and 2GB swap space. It seems that linux programs somehow are aware that there are 3GB ram avaialable and pretty fast uses more than 2.5GB. System becomes unresponsive because of excessive swapping. On the other hand if I disable swap, using the same programs (chrome, vlc, openoffice) I get only ~600MB use while watching videos and browsing net.
I know, that linux uses all available ram to enhance performance, but in my case, it really hurts the performance. I also cannot leave the swap off, because I sometimes want to do some 3d editing, and then the memory usage can exeed 1GB.
So basicly my question is, if it is possible to force swap usage only when really needed, and make it so, that swap is not considered free ram and filled up with useless junk. (For example, if swap is enabled VLC player just loads whole movie into swap! - which of course is useless, because movie is located on the same hard drive, but VLC is not the only offender)
Ubuntu :: Swap Partition Will Go In Extended One?
Jan 25, 2010Can Ubuntu swap partition go in an Extended partition (a logical partition within the extended) while Ubuntu is on a Primary partition?
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Feb 3, 2010When i first installed ubuntu about 2 weeks i left about 30gb left for windows vista. I have not used vista at all so i decided to delete it and use the whole hard drive for ubuntu. I got the liveCD out and went into the partition editor on that (i had ubuntu,swap,vista in that order) and deleted the swap space and vista and increased the size of the Ubuntu partition to so there was only 4gb left for swap. I then booted up again from the hard drive and i get this message "one or mounts cannot be mounted" or something to that effect and it talks about the swap partition and offers to boot in recovery mode which does work.Once in recovery mode i go in and try and make swap partition with Disk Utility and i do that and it works. I go to restart Ubuntu to test it out and the same problem happens again, cannot mount swap ect. so i go back into Disk Utility and it now says 4gb Unrecognized instead of swap
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Feb 6, 2010I want to remove my swap partition. Probably one I would have to boot into a rescue cd and remove it, but aside from that is there any other consideration or commands that I need to be aware of?
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Mar 19, 2010I am using ubuntu 9.04 on my laptop from past 8 months. These days when I boot my laptop, The booting process takes more time on the following step:
Activating swap file
Ubuntu Servers :: The Swap Partition Is Not Being Used
Apr 19, 2010I recently installed Ubuntu Server, the 8.04LTS release, on my dad's computer which, for the time being, has to dual-act as both a server and a desktop. Will be running solely as a server pretty soon, though. Anyway - since I was down on the budget and the project I put up the server for is still in a development phase and not worth to invest serious money in (at this stage), it has to run on a computer with the following hardware configuration (I left out the non-important parts):
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Intel Celeron 2.2 Ghz
~500 MB of DDR 333MHz RAM
It has 80 or so GBs of disk space, so I went for the low-mem, high-disk scenario and created a swap partition of 1,5 GB. However, I can notice that is rarely even used! I have set the vm.swappiness parameter to 95 but my swap partition is still not being used, even when the memory usage goes up to 90%. I saw it being used once, but only when the needed memory size exceeded 500.
Does anybody know how to force Ubuntu Server to use the swap partition?
Ubuntu :: Swap SSH Client To A Server?
May 16, 2010Have a laptop with Ubuntu 10.4 and a dual boot desktop with Ubuntu 9.10 and 10.4. Using wifi on laptop. Before upgrading to 10.4 the desktop was the server and the laptop the client. Unfortunately when I setup ssh in 10.4 on the desktop I made it the client instead of the server. Reinstalled 10.4 on the desktop but it still remains the client. Booting the desktop into 9.10 the laptop is the client and the desktop is the server. How can I change Ubuntu 10.4 on the desktop to be a server?
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