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| author | Alex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2004-02-09 22:45:54 +0000 |
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| committer | Alex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2004-02-09 22:45:54 +0000 |
| commit | 342b176cf9ee3261933eedc36e4d010fd62b36c9 (patch) | |
| tree | 6e01b566503b95ca78e69c784879d85ea11c0fba /chapter06/config-keyboard.xml | |
| parent | c76accc624f1e3f31072f7645f5faa19ccd697b6 (diff) | |
Merging configaration subsections into their corresponding sections.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@3245 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/chapter06/config-keyboard.xml b/chapter06/config-keyboard.xml deleted file mode 100644 index b8b85398a..000000000 --- a/chapter06/config-keyboard.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,31 +0,0 @@ -<sect2><title>Configuring your keyboard</title> - -<para>Few things are more annoying than using Linux while a wrong keymap -for your keyboard is loaded. If you have a standard US keyboard, however, you -can skip this section, as the US keymap is the default as long as you don't -change it.</para> - -<para>To change the default keymap, create the -<filename class="symlink">/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/defkeymap.map.gz</filename> -symlink by running the following command:</para> - -<screen><userinput>ln -s path/to/keymap /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/defkeymap.map.gz</userinput></screen> - -<para>Of course, replace <filename>path/to/keymap</filename> with the path and -name of your keyboard's map file. For example, if you have a Dutch keyboard, -you would use <filename>i386/qwerty/nl.map.gz</filename>.</para> - -<para>Another way to set your keyboard's layout is to compile the keymap -into the kernel. This ensures that your keyboard will always work as expected, -even when you boot into maintenance mode (by passing `init=/bin/sh' to the -kernel), as then the bootscript that normally sets up your keymap isn't run.</para> - -<para>Run the following command to patch the current default keymap into the -kernel source. You will have to repeat this command whenever you unpack a -new kernel:</para> - -<screen><userinput>loadkeys -m /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/defkeymap.map.gz > \ - /usr/src/linux-&kernel-version;/drivers/char/defkeymap.c</userinput></screen> - -</sect2> - |