Hi, Sebastian!
On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 11:39:32PM +0200, Sebastian Günther wrote:
> * Alan Mackenzie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [18.07.08 23:00]:
[ .... ]
> > Except I've hit a brick wall. I want to set up my console keyboard,
> > so I go to edit /etc/conf.d/keymaps, as described in the "x86
> > Handbook".
> Maybe you have just what the Germans call "Ein Brett vorm Kopf"
Hah! That reminds me of a Monty Python sketch involving monks. :-)
> > #########################################################################
> > # Use KEYMAP to specify the default console keymap. There is a complete
> > tree
> > # of keymaps in /usr/share/keymaps to choose from.
> > KEYMAP="uk"
> > #########################################################################
> > This is aggravatingly vague. I cannot find anything to tell me _HOW_ to
> > "Use KEYMAP to specify ...". Somehow, my current setting of "uk" seems
> > to find and load an appropriate keymap, perhaps
> > /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwerty/uk.map.gz.
> KEYMAP is just a env var which holds the arguments for loadkeys. And for
> sure it finds this keymap. And this is by far not vague. See below.
> > So the question is how do I get the system to load up my own special
> > keymap, currently called boottime.keymap.gz on my Debian system?
> > Where must I write this file so that it gets loaded? Where do I find
> > the documentation telling where to write this file?
> > I've delved into /etc/init.d/keymaps (a "runscript" shell), but it
> > appears merely to use ${KEYMAP}. I cannot see how this script manages to
> > find a filename out of "uk". Presumably the interpreter /sbin/runscript
> > runs the find command, somehow. But I can't find any documentation for
> > runscript.
> Keymaps are loaded with loadkeys. man loadkeys gives the glory details.
> (there is also a hint how to set this as kernel keymap ;-))
Ah, loadkeys, my old friend! I confess I'd not looked at man loadkeys
for around 5 years. It's changed.
> It searches in /usr/share/keymaps for the string.
Ah! I've not seen this in *nix before, giving a filename fragment and
having the system DWIM. I'm not sure I like it.
> As you may have noticed all keymaps differ before the .map.gz. So it
> should go smoothly, if you put your keymap in any folder, an appropiate
> for sanity, and rename it to something unique, a la
> my-own-nifty.map.gz.
> Test it with
> # loadkeys my-own-nifty
Yes, it works. I should have just tried it.
> > How do I set my keyboard layout?
> loadkeys
Thanks! It now works.
> Sebastian
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