On Fri, Dec 26, 2003 at 08:04:17PM -0500, mmissett wrote: > Chris, > > Thanks a lot. That was exactly what i was after. > It does still leave me with a question or two, > however. The last two lines of that document > appear to be (more or less) what I need to do: > > cd /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwerty/ > cp mac-usb-us.kmap.gz > /etc/console/boottime.kmap.gz > > But,... > > I don't have a file /etc/console/boottime.kmap.gz > or even a directory /etc/console, and > > I don't have a file mac-usb-us.kmap.gz. > > I *do* have files mac-us-ext.kmap.gz and > mac-us-std.kmap.gz, but both of those are in > /usr/share/keymaps/mac, which the document > describes as all being ADB. > > I also do have a document: > /etc/console-tools/default.kmap.gz. Is *this* the > one I need to replace? And then with what, from > where?
That sounds right, the package in potato must have been called console-tools. You would still use a keymap from /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwerty, probably the mac-usb-us.kmap.gz > Finally, if I'm understanding this correctly, once I > have replaced the right file with the right file I will > not be able to use the 2.2 kernel again as it is, > but will (if I have to) be able to do so by using > the: keyboard_sends_linux_keycodes=1 > argument? Is that correct? (It would be nice to > be able to restore the status quo ante if all else > fails.) Yes, your 2.2 kernel is expecting ADB keycodes, so it will need the old keymap, unless you give it the keyboard_sends_linux_keycodes=1 argument; that will switch it for that boot into linux keycodes mode and make your new keymap work right. The new kernels are permanently in keyboard_sends_linux_keycodes mode, you'd have to recompile it to put it back into ADB mode. Using ADB keycodes is deprecated. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance) toff one at cox dot net
