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diff --git a/chapter06/config-keyboard.xml b/chapter06/config-keyboard.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b3ced378f --- /dev/null +++ b/chapter06/config-keyboard.xml @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +<sect2><title>Configuring your keyboard</title> + +<para>Nothing is more annoying than using Linux with a wrong keymap loaded +for your keyboard. If you have a default US keyboard, you can skip this +section. The US keymap file is the default if you don't change it.</para> + +<para>To set the default keymap file, create the +<filename class="symlink">/usr/share/kbd/keymap/defkeymap.map.gz</filename> +symlink by running the following commands:</para> + +<para><screen><userinput>cd /usr/share/kbd/keymaps && +ln -s <path/to/keymap> defkeymap.map.gz</userinput></screen></para> + +<para>Replace <path/to/keymap> with the your keyboard's map file. For +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> + +</sect2> + |