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cyberius

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From: Germany

Registered: 2008-08-30

Posts: 97

Questions: 10-keymap.fdi not working // automounting ntfs drives // ++

Hi there,

this time I want to change 100% from windows to linux and i found archlinux to be a really nice system.
I like it "the arch way"

1) I followed the beginner's wiki and choose those xf86-input-evdev 2.3.2-1 drivers.

I set the 10-keymap.fdi file

...

      <merge key="input.xkb.layout" type="string">de</merge>
      <merge key="input.xkb.variant" type="string" />nodeadkeys</merge>
    </match>
  </device>
</deviceinfo>

The problem is, that the layout doesn't change to 'de'

I put

setxkbmap de -variant nodeadkeys &

into my.xinitrc, but this is not a good solution, because when logging in with SLIM there is still the english layout (e.g. for passwords with an "y" i have to press "z" because y and z are swaped in de / en layout .)

So what can I do? Is my 10-keymap.fdi  somehow wrong?

2)
I would like to use my windows ntfs partitions in arch, so I installed ntfs-3g. Manual mounting with "mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sd.. /mnt/... " works, but how can I manage that arch mounts everything it finds automaticly on startup and while running (e.g adding an usb drive)?

I installed "hal" but nothing is mounted on startup (/mnt is empty?)

3)
I saw there is a "netfs" daemon in my rc.conf
I googled it and I read it is for unix network.
When I install samba later, should I remove it then? (samba can do windows and unix both right?)

4)

I use openbox (and would like to continue using it). Is it possible to make windows "snap" to the edge and take half screen like in Windows 7 ?
And are there any commands or something like that to rearrange windows on the screen, for example "show all windows side by side" or "sorted" ?

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This is my rc.conf
http://pastebin.com/fvj7cBVp

>> Thank you for you help! <<

Last edited by cyberius (2010-05-30 14:53:17)

demian

Member

From: Frankfurt, Germany

Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 709

Re: Questions: 10-keymap.fdi not working // automounting ntfs drives // ++

1)
replace
<merge key="input.xkb.variant" type="string" />nodeadkeys</merge>
with
<merge key="input.xkb.variant" type="string">nodeadkeys</merge>

2)
use udev rules or autofs.

3)
you don't need netfs for samba.

4)
you can either use a tiling window manager (xmonad, awesome, scrotwm, dwm, ...) or use a tiling application in Openbox (pytyle, wumwum, tile-windows, my favorite: stiler).
There's also MoveResizeTo and several other relevant actions already integrated in Openbox:
http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:Actions#MoveResizeTo

Regards,
demian

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cyberius

Member

From: Germany

Registered: 2008-08-30

Posts: 97

Re: Questions: 10-keymap.fdi not working // automounting ntfs drives // ++

1)
replace ...

hi
thanks, it worked!

2)
use udev rules or autofs.

are udev rules and autofs two different ways of automounting devices?
i'm not shure, but i think i read on beginners wiki somewhere that hal automounts my drives?

hal, udev, autofs.. i'm confused

hm i read http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Udev and created those files (with content) as they are written in the wiki

/etc/udev/rules.d/11-media-by-label-auto-mount.rules
/etc/udev/rules.d/10-my-media-automount.rules
/etc/udev/rules.d/11-sd-cards-auto-mount.rules

sadly nothing happend (i didnt see any mounted partition in /media or /mnt.. after reboot)

i know that

ls /dev/sd
sda   sda1  sda2  sdb   sdb1

those should be my windows partitions

did i miss somethingor should i better try autofs?

Last edited by cyberius (2010-05-30 14:54:42)