SUSE 10.0 tips & tricks

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Sound

If your sound does not work, do the following:

• start yast2
• delete your sound card config
• exit yast2
• start yast2 again
• add your soundcards again

The important step is to exit yast2. For more information see https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=116483

Keyboard

If you want to use a German Dvorak keyboard layout, you have to change /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/de, the "dvorak" section must contain

include "level3(ralt_switch)"

as discussed at [1].

With keyboard switcher

If you are using the KDE keyboard switcher, you have to make sure it draws the new settings. First, try if your layout works as you expect it by issuing

setxkbmap -model pc105 -layout de -variant dvorak

then, start kcontrol -> Regional & Accessibility -> keyboard layout. Install the "basic" variant, click on "apply". Then, chose the "dvorak" variant and click on apply again. Test that your keyboard layout works as you expect it.