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2.3 Setting Up Keyboard and Mouse
Reconfigure input devices such as
the keyboard or the mouse, or add more than one of these devices using the
YaST Keyboard and Mouse modules.
2.3.1 Keyboard Layout
In case you want to replace a standard 104-key keyboard with a
multimedia keyboard or a use different language or country layout, proceed as
follows:
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In YaST, click . The SaX2 configuration tool reads the
system resources and displays the dialog.
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Select your keyboard model from the
list.
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In , select the country layout.
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Depending on the country layout, you can choose a certain
. The selections are applied immediately for
testing.
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As an option you can enable .
Check one or more boxes in the list. This feature is handy if you want to
switch between different languages or scripts in the running system without
the need for reconfiguration.
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Before saving the configuration, use the
field at the bottom of the dialog to check if special characters like
umlauts and accented characters can be entered and displayed correctly.
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Click to leave the configuration dialog and in
the following message click to apply your changes.
2.3.2 Mouse Model
The mouse is usually detected automatically, but you can set up your
mouse model manually if the automatic detection fails. Refer to the
documentation of your mouse for a description of the model. If you want to
modify your mouse configuration, proceed as follows:
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In YaST, click . The SaX2 configuration tool reads the
system resources and displays the dialog.
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Click and select your mouse model from the
list displayed.
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Click to leave the configuration dialog and
apply your changes with .
In the part of the dialog, set various
options for operating your mouse.
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If your mouse has only two buttons, a third button is emulated whenever
you click both buttons simultaneously.
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Check this box to use a scroll wheel.
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Check these options if you want to change the direction in which the
mouse pointer moves.
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Check this box to switch the button mapping suitable for left-hand usage.
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If your mouse does not have a scroll wheel but you want to use a similar
functionality, you can assign an additional button for this. Select the
button to use. While pressing this button, any movement of
the mouse is translated into scroll wheel commands. This feature is
especially useful with trackballs.
NOTE: Restarting the X Server
Any changes you make here take effect only after you restart the
X server. If you want to restart the X server now, log out from the
graphical system and log in again.
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