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| author | Zack Winkles <winkie@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2004-05-06 16:22:04 +0000 |
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| committer | Zack Winkles <winkie@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2004-05-06 16:22:04 +0000 |
| commit | b32e80330973383d4eca995d6193e35a743176cd (patch) | |
| tree | c657760bd2b5c756d0371c908425ecc5835e90ca /chapter06/kbd.xml | |
| parent | 4dc8dc63eef4a0b4e70ffa3ff12d8678a6a81e92 (diff) | |
Committed Alexander's i18n patch
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@3489 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/chapter06/kbd.xml b/chapter06/kbd.xml index 0f644bfb5..edc0abb1a 100644 --- a/chapter06/kbd.xml +++ b/chapter06/kbd.xml @@ -36,41 +36,8 @@ Diffutils, Flex, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Gzip, M4, Make, Sed.</para> </sect2> -<sect2 id="conf-kbd"><title>Configuring your keyboard</title> -<indexterm zone="conf-kbd"> -<primary sortas="a-Kbd">Kbd</primary> -<secondary>configuring</secondary></indexterm> - -<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>/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/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>When in <xref linkend="chapter-bootable"/> you're ready to compile the -kernel, run the following command to patch the current default keymap into the -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-&linux-version;/drivers/char/defkeymap.c</userinput></screen> - -</sect2> - +<!-- The "Configuring your keyboard" section has been moved to +Chapter 7 and renamed to "Configuring Linux console" --> <sect2 id="contents-kbd"><title>Contents of Kbd</title> @@ -163,11 +130,12 @@ ASCII codes of the keys pressed on the keyboard.</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd unicode_start"><primary sortas="b-unicode_start">unicode_start</primary></indexterm> <para id="unicode_start"><command>unicode_start</command> puts the keyboard and console in -unicode mode.</para> +UNICODE mode. Never use it on LFS, because applications are not +configured to support UNICODE.</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd unicode_stop"><primary sortas="b-unicode_stop">unicode_stop</primary></indexterm> <para id="unicode_stop"><command>unicode_stop</command> reverts keyboard and console from -unicode mode.</para> +UNICODE mode.</para> </sect2> |