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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/config-keyboard.xml | 16 | ||||
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diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index 69ffadddc..ac148749a 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ </para></listitem> +<listitem><para>April 5th, 2002 [gerard]: Chapter 06 - Configuring +Keyboard: explained you can also compile the keymap directly into the +kernel which has additional benefits.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>April 5th, 2002 [gerard]: Upgraded to lfs-bootscripts-1.9</para></listitem> diff --git a/chapter06/config-keyboard.xml b/chapter06/config-keyboard.xml index 7e2aa388f..9f61aefb6 100644 --- a/chapter06/config-keyboard.xml +++ b/chapter06/config-keyboard.xml @@ -16,5 +16,21 @@ example, if you have a Dutch keyboard, you would run:</para> <para><screen><userinput>ln -s i386/qwerty/nl.map.gz defkeymap.map.gz</userinput></screen></para> +<para>An second option to configure your keyboard's layout is to compile +the keymap directly into the kernel. This will make sure that your +keyboard always works as expected, even when you have booted into +maintenance mode (by passing `init=/bin/sh' to the kernel) in which case +the bootscript that normally sets up your keymap isn't run.</para> + +<para>If you didn't create the defkeymap.map.gz file and going with the +default US keymap, then again you don't have to do anything. The kernel +compiles a suitable keymap by default that'll work just fine for +you, so skip the next command.</para> + +<para>Run the following commands to accomplish that:</para> + +<para><screen><userinput>loadkeys -m /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/defkeymap.map.gz > \ + /usr/src/linux/drivers/char/defkeymap.c</userinput></screen></para> + </sect2> diff --git a/chapter07/chapter07.xml b/chapter07/chapter07.xml index f3a6b14d6..03ed18088 100644 --- a/chapter07/chapter07.xml +++ b/chapter07/chapter07.xml @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ &c7-introduction; &c7-usage; &c7-setclock; +&c7-loadkeys; &c7-sysklogd; &c7-hostname; &c7-hosts; @@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ <!ENTITY c7-introduction SYSTEM "chapter07/introduction.xml"> <!ENTITY c7-usage SYSTEM "chapter07/usage.xml"> <!ENTITY c7-setclock SYSTEM "chapter07/setclock.xml"> +<!ENTITY c7-loadkeys SYSTEM "chapter07/loadkeys.xml"> <!ENTITY c7-sysklogd SYSTEM "chapter07/sysklogd.xml"> <!ENTITY c7-hostname SYSTEM "chapter07/hostname.xml"> <!ENTITY c7-hosts SYSTEM "chapter07/hosts.xml"> |