2.12 on a 1.83 Macbook, typed characters are doubled

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tommyr · #1 Post by **tommyr** » Sat 25 Nov 2006, 01:15

Hi all. I downloaded 2.12 a few minutes ago and it runs on my 1.83 Macbook. However, When I type, everything comes out double. If I type a T I get 2 T's, etc. I selected US keyboard. Also the mouse movement on the trackpad is erratic but a USB mouse works fine. Puppy is great otherwise!

Can anyone help on the double character issue???

Thank you!

Tom

cspotcode · #2 Post by **cspotcode** » Sat 09 Dec 2006, 03:58

I am trying to run Puppy on a MacBook, and am having the exact same problem. If anyone can help, I'd really appreciate it.

Are you using xorg or xvesa? I read that xorg is needed in order for the trackpad (a synaptics touchpad) to work correctly.

John Doe · #3 Post by **John Doe** » Sat 09 Dec 2006, 04:34

My synaptics touchpad works under xvesa also, but not as nicely.

academianut · #4 Post by **academianut** » Sun 31 Dec 2006, 22:25

Just to second everyone else's experience, I'm having the same problem. I thought that maybe posting in this thread might re-attract some brilliant support. Does anyone know how to fix this or whether puppy linux will have greater Mactel support in the future? Thanks.

pshetty · #5 Post by **pshetty** » Wed 28 Mar 2007, 05:15

Try to pass these parameters at boot time :

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puppy noapic acpi=force irqpoll

academianut · #6 Post by **academianut** » Wed 28 Mar 2007, 15:07

Thanks for responding. However, I do not know how to pass parameters at boot time. Could someone tell me? I really appreciate your help.

pshetty · #7 Post by **pshetty** » Wed 28 Mar 2007, 16:57

at the boot prompt type the following

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puppy noapic acpi=force irqpoll

It should work ... i havent tried it on puppy, but works fine on other distro

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2.12 on a 1.83 Macbook, typed characters are doubled

2.12 on a 1.83 Macbook, typed characters are doubled

Ditto

how?