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| author | Jeremy Huntwork <jhuntwork@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2006-01-06 01:59:08 +0000 |
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| committer | Jeremy Huntwork <jhuntwork@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2006-01-06 01:59:08 +0000 |
| commit | fa21b3dc894b9964620968dfae6685d69ce89fb9 (patch) | |
| tree | 2353b9af8cae48156b98e651873d483e994e352a /chapter08/kernel.xml | |
| parent | 60e34b52810dd47567ca18aa2c86fe4cd7c9fd01 (diff) | |
Initial support of UTF-8. Thanks Alexander Patrakov.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@7245 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/chapter08/kernel.xml b/chapter08/kernel.xml index fcac33a39..457e1c2fb 100644 --- a/chapter08/kernel.xml +++ b/chapter08/kernel.xml @@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ in the kernel source tree for alternative methods to the way this book configures the kernel.</para> + <para>By default, the Linux kernel generates wrong sequences of bytes when + dead keys are used in UTF-8 keyboard mode. Also, one cannot copy and paste + non-ASCII characters when UTF-8 mode is active. Fix these issues with the + patch:</para> + +<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&linux-utf8-patch;</userinput></screen> + <para>Prepare for compilation by running the following command:</para> <screen><userinput>make mrproper</userinput></screen> @@ -57,14 +64,7 @@ kernel compilation. Do not rely on the source tree being clean after un-tarring.</para> - <para>If, in <xref linkend="ch-scripts-console" role=","/> it was decided to - compile the keymap into the kernel, issue the command below:</para> - -<screen role="nodump"><userinput>loadkeys -m /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/<replaceable>[path to keymap]</replaceable> > \ - drivers/char/defkeymap.c</userinput></screen> - - <para>For example, if using a Dutch keyboard, use - <filename>/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/nl.map.gz</filename>.</para> + <!-- Support for compiling a keymap into the kernel is deliberately removed --> <para>Configure the kernel via a menu-driven interface. BLFS has some information regarding particular kernel configuration requirements of |