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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

I am trying to get accessx (with mousekeys) working.  I think I can be 
done directly without any special program (type Shift-Numlock or 
Alt-Shift-Numlock, depending what you read) or with one of two packages, 
accessx or xkbset, which also control mouse acceleration and sticky keys 
etc.  I compiled them both but XKB is not loading and it is required.

The author of xkbset is trying to help.  First step is to get XKB (X 
Keyboard Extensions) to work.  I read it needs XFree 86 3.1 or later.  He 
suggested xorg 6.1 instead - Slackware 10.2 uses xorg (which has a 3-page 
.xinitrc but I did not need to make an XF86Config).  I will try that and 
then work on XFree86.  I presume BL3 supports xkeyboard since Steven's 
XF86Config has a line disabling it.  So I will try on a fresh BL3.40, in a 
loop or maybe on a 120MB hard drive.

The approach will be to add packages until it works, then delete things 
until it breaks.  Any better ideas?

Can I install xbin.tgz and xlib.tgz on top of the BL3.40 setup without 
breaking anything?  What other packages should I also add if those are not 
enough?  I installed all the recommended X packages for BL2, and xkbset 
was still not working, but I no longer have SVGA server working on that 
computer since I changed to a RAGE card so I cannot easily check why.  (If 
I try to use it things crash, I power off and run e2fsck).  I might 
temporarily put in an ISA Trident card and see if it works with X SVGA.

keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org
SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org