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18 Chapter 3. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES
To become root, type
su -
at the shell prompt in a terminal window and then press [Enter]. Then,
enter the root password.
Tip
To re-enable dead keys (assuming you chose to disable them during the installation), you will also
need to comment out the line enabling dead keys in the
XF86Config-4
file (or, it you are using
XFree86 version 3, the
XF86Config
file) in
/etc/X11
.
An InputDevice section, that would disable dead keys on a keyboard layout that used dead keys (for
example, German), would look similar to the following:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc101"
Option "XkbLayout" "de"
Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
EndSection
By default, the keyboard layout for various languages which use dead keys should have them enabled
unless the
nodeadkeys
option is present.
3.7. Mouse Configuration
Choose the correct mouse type for your system. If you cannot find an exact match, choose a mouse
type that you are sure is compatible with your system (see Figure 3-3).
To determine your mouse’s interface, follow the mouse cable back to where it plugs into your system.
If the connector at the end of the mouse cable plugs into a rectangular connector, you have a serial or
USB mouse; if the connector is round, you have a PS/2 mouse or mouse port.
If you are not sure if your mouse is a serial or USB mouse, check the vendor documentation.
If you cannot find a mouse that you are sure is compatible with your system, select one of the
Generic
entries, based on your mouse’s number of buttons, and its interface.