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| author | Mark Hymers <markh@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2001-08-06 11:00:11 +0000 |
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| committer | Mark Hymers <markh@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2001-08-06 11:00:11 +0000 |
| commit | 2ea6929754f88fc50693ca23faa42947da93a863 (patch) | |
| tree | 9b97712846120a878233c29c89b42d803d47c2db /chapter07 | |
| parent | bd8f55ac2d88163198eeb17ebbdcdf1c18875a11 (diff) | |
Bug 43 and 47: keymap fix
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@906 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
Diffstat (limited to 'chapter07')
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter07/loadkeys.xml | 42 |
1 files changed, 38 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/chapter07/loadkeys.xml b/chapter07/loadkeys.xml index 07d003538..a9ed74dae 100644 --- a/chapter07/loadkeys.xml +++ b/chapter07/loadkeys.xml @@ -1,10 +1,16 @@ <sect1 id="ch07-loadkeys"> <title>Creating the loadkeys script</title> +<!-- <para>You only need to create this script if you don't have a -default 101 keys US keyboard layout. Create the -<filename>/etc/init.d/loadkeys</filename> script by running the -following command:</para> +default 101 keys US keyboard layout. + +Because we've scrapped the symbolic link for the default, I assume +that everyone will need this script? +--> + +<para>Create the <filename>/etc/init.d/loadkeys</filename> script by +running the following command:</para> <para><screen><userinput>cat > loadkeys << "EOF"</userinput> #!/bin/sh @@ -17,15 +23,43 @@ following command:</para> source /etc/init.d/functions # +# Include /etc/sysconfig/keyboard which contains the LAYOUT variable +# + +source /etc/sysconfig/keyboard + +# # Load the default keymap file # echo -n "Loading keymap..." -/bin/loadkeys -d 2>/dev/null +/bin/loadkeys $LAYOUT 2>/dev/null evaluate_retval # End /etc/init.d/loadkeys <userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para> +<sect2> +<title>Creating the /etc/sysconfig/keyboard file</title> + +<para>Create a new file <filename>/etc/sysconfig/keyboard</filename> +by running the following:</para> + +<para><screen><userinput>cat > /etc/sysconfig/keyboard << "EOF"</userinput +> +# Begin /etc/sysconfig/keyboard + +LAYOUT=<path-to-keymap> + +# End /etc/sysconfig/keyboard +<userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para> + +<para>Replace <userinput><path-to-keymap></userinput> with the +path to the keymap you have selected. For example, if you have chosen the +US keymap, you would replace it with +<userinput>/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/us.map.gz.</userinput></para> + +</sect2> + </sect1> |