On Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 03:00:23PM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > I tried the d-i daily built image: built the 21st-Oct-2006 > > Md5sum: > > 484a6ebb7d3447a71b99f10dad7a6476 debian-testing-powerpc-netinst.iso > > > > I choose the Italian language ... > > and the keymap the installer selected was an azerty :-((( > > > > But I have a qwerty. :-(((( > > > > and I coludn't choose the keyboard I wanted. > > (i.e./i386/qwerty/it.kmap.gz ) > > > > So could you, please, insert in the installer a question for the > > users to select their keymap from *all* the keymaps in the installer? > > This can be done *after* the install: dpkg-reconfigure console-data >
Well, IIRC, (I've a nice Sid running on my ibook so I don't want to install etch ;) -I've only tested the installer- the user is supposed to enter root password (*****) and the user password... so if the keyboard is badly configured I think they may have problems. > And we will not do what you suggest as this would lead to a very > confusing list of dozens of keymaps. > > For sure, the console-keymaps-usb lists "mac-usb-it" as defatul keymap > for Italian, so I guess that this explains what you see. > > What I'm unsure of is: are *default* Italian keyboard for PPC machines > QWERTY ones ? I asked in the Italian ppc mailing list: the italian azerty keyboard has been shipped with Macs only untill 1998. Now all [1]the kewboards are qwerty + accented letters. [1] well I'll ask an Apple shop here in the nighbourhood and I will let you know- with a mail to d-boot & to this bug- asap ... for sure before d-i RC-2 ;-) > Or do *you* happen to use a QWERTY keyboard, that is an > US keyboard ? Nope! I ordered my ibook from Apple in 2004 and I asked the Italian keyboard. > If the latter, then why didn't you just choose the US or "American" > layout? Because I was not aware that US keyboard "fitted" my needs, however with some problems with @, #, / you know, quite useful symbols ;-) On the contrary /i386/qwerty/it.kmap.gz has all the symbols at the right place. Thank you for the fast reply, Cheers, Giovanni -- Giovanni Ridolfi, Chemist Peace is to the earth what yeast is to the dough. (the Talmud Beraita de Perek ha-Shalom) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
