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diff --git a/chapter06/kbd-exp.xml b/chapter06/kbd-exp.xml index a4260d5db..95ceff0b6 100644 --- a/chapter06/kbd-exp.xml +++ b/chapter06/kbd-exp.xml @@ -6,10 +6,25 @@ data files (fonts, keymaps, and such) in the /usr/share/kbd directory, as the FHS suggests.</para> <para><userinput>rm -/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/defkeymap.map.gz:</userinput> We -remove this file because we don't know which keymap you -need to use. We will be defining the default keymap in -chapter 7 when the system configuration files are created.</para> +/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/defkeymap.map.gz:</userinput> There +are some problems with having a defkeymap.map.gz when that file +wants to load another keymap file. Instead of running loadkeys with the -d +option to load the defkeymap.map.gz file, we have come up with a slightly +modified method that we use in the loadkeys bootscript (see chapter 7). +We don't load a default keymap, but instead load the proper keymap +directly, which you will need to specify in a configuration file which +that bootscript uses. This method overcomes this bug.</para> + +<para>However, if you want to create a defkeymap.map.gz file regardless, +here's how you should do it:</para> + +<para><screen><userinput>cd /usr/share/kbd/keymaps &&</userinput> +<userinput>ln -s <path-to-keymap> defkeymap.map.gz</userinput></screen></para> + +<para>Replace <path-to-keymap> with the path to the keymap you have +selected, relative to the /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/ directory. For +example, if you have chosen the US keymap, you would replace it with +i386/qwerty/us.map.gz.</para> </sect2> |