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rebhana | # 1751 | 2010-09-10, 17:39 | Report

Originally Posted by mscion View Post

When running xcadabra (or xmaxima) I need to use curly brackets to make
tensors (i.e. A_{a,b}). Fortunately, in LDXE it works fine because I have xbindkeys
set up to make these. For example, "control <" is defined to make a {.
However, when using debbie In xterminal the new key defintions
did not work. I tried "debbie xbindkeys" and "debbie-sue xbindkeys" to see if the keys
would be redefined but no luck.

Any idea how to fix this?

I also had some problems using xbindkeys as I described earlier in this thread - some special characters simply couldn't be accessed. But xbindkeys is still useful for fullscreen toggle and the like.

What I'm doing is exactly what groxx suggested: I use a heavily modified rx51 file in debbie. There is also a page in the Maemo wiki on that.

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mscion | # 1752 | 2010-09-10, 17:43 | Report

Originally Posted by rebhana View Post

I also had some problems using xbindkeys as I described earlier in this thread - some special characters simply couldn't be accessed. But xbindkeys is still useful for fullscreen toggle and the like.

What I'm doing is exactly what groxx suggested: I use a heavily modified rx51 file in debbie. There is also a page in the Maemo wiki on that.

Thanks groxx and rebhana. I will give it a try.

Last edited by mscion; 2010-09-10 at 17:47.

rebhana | # 1753 | 2010-09-10, 17:54 | Report

Originally Posted by mscion View Post

Thanks groxx and rebhana. I will give it a try.

There are two important things to take care of, as mentioned in the wiki: don't make a backup copy of the rx51 in its native directory, and also test the new rx51 before rebooting your device.

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groxx | # 1754 | 2010-09-10, 20:56 | Report

Originally Posted by rebhana View Post

For comparison, my versions are

Code:

maxima         5.13.0-3.1
xmaxima        5.13.0-3.1 
wxmaxima      0.8.2-1~bpo50+1

Hi! Yes - I had and have exactly the same versions!

But it's getting more wired...
I now removed wxmaxima completely using Synaptic. There were some packages hold back (some tex packages for example). I then started the Debian chroot terminal intending to install evince. When i used...

Code:

apt-get update
apt-get install evince

.. i was told about the hold back packages and to use

Code:

apt-get autoremove

I did so and decided to install kile (which also depends on some tex packages) via apt-get. Then i had a cup of coffee and thought about giving wxmaxima a last chance. I installed wxmaxima (for the 5th time after the flashing) and it is now working well. No problems at all!

I don't want to say the tex-packages are responsible for the error! But before i did the autoremove and the kile-installation i tried to install wxmaxima several times without success. Maybe there are dependencies to some of those packages...?

Thx for your time thinking about my problem - i think it's solved now

Last edited by groxx; 2010-09-10 at 21:00.

qole | # 1755 | 2010-09-12, 05:32 | Report

New version of easy chroot addresses the closechroot issues discussed above.

extendedping, install the new version and put an explicit command to shut down your problem services into the /var/run/onclosechroot.rc script. Report if that fixes your problems.

avidscavenger, see if this version addresses your problems.

extendedping | # 1756 | 2010-09-12, 08:28 | Report

Thanks, I downloaded the latest version. first off after opening easy debian I thought zI would see /var/run/onclosechroot but it was not there. I created a file of that name and put the command /etc/init.d/mysql stop in it but top/ps -ef after the debian down icon still shows mysqlrunning

TheBurek | # 1757 | 2010-09-12, 11:43 | Report

I just had an idea, and it seems noone mentioned such a thing here before. I'm no expert on X servers and their input handling, and I guess it wouldn't be so easy to do - but I think a "touchpad mode" would be very useful in Easy Debian LXDE. Idea is to control the cursor like you would using a touchpad on a laptop (relative, not absoulute). With adjustable sensitivity and acceleration, I think it could be easier to point at things. Maybe a reserved portions of screen for left and right click, etc. Does anyone else think this would be useful? Any thoughts on implementation?

extendedping | # 1758 | 2010-09-12, 15:10 | Report

btw I checked both /var/run in maemo and in easy debian for a onclosechroot script after downloading the new version, did not see a file, so I created one in $chroot/var/run. It has the exact same permissions as the onfirstchroot.rc.

qole | # 1759 | 2010-09-12, 16:17 | Report

extendedping: please make sure you chmod +x the onclosechroot.rc script. I know you don't have to do that for the open scripts, but you seem to need it for the close scripts... (I'll try to fix that)

Also, if you're still having problems, reboot, open a terminal, "sudo debian", "exit", and "closechroot" then post the closechroot output here...

extendedping | # 1760 | 2010-09-12, 16:25 | Report

ok will do that now...and just to make sure I am using the correct version...the script is not there by default like the others were? it needs to be created by the user...