Chris' advice, and the file he porvided, worked perfectly. What I type is now what comes out; a considerable improvement. Unfortunately I still cannot get
Xwindows to start and I suspect the mouse, as I indicated in my first post. When I initiallly set the system up I had a terrible time getting the mouse problem straightened out and now I suspect what I did then needs to somehow be undone now. What that was consisted of having /etc/X11/XF86Config contain the following lines: protocol: IMPS/2 device: "usbmouse" I tried commenting these out, but then get an error that Xwindows sees no mouse protocol. But when I put them back, it again says cannot open mouse, no such device, although dmesg shows the kernel recognizing a Logitech optical PS/2 mouse, which is right. All I've come up with in the archives is about remapping the mouse buttons in the keycode file, but I'm not at all sure that's what I should do. Any advice, or pointers to existing advice would be most appreciated. Mike BTW, when trying to use the old (ADB) kernel, the: keyboard_sends_linux_keycodes=1 line doesn't seem to work. I'm assuming that this argument is given at the yaboot "boot:" prompt, following (in my case): debian: root-/dev/sda8. Is this correct? Finally, sorry is these are stupid nwebie questions, but rest assured I go around all the circles I can think of before posting them. >
