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diff --git a/chapter06/kbd.xml b/chapter06/kbd.xml index 34cea17fc..854be7e1a 100644 --- a/chapter06/kbd.xml +++ b/chapter06/kbd.xml @@ -35,7 +35,37 @@ not installed. First enable the compilation of these utilities:</para> </sect2> -&c6-cf-keyboard; +<sect2><title>Configuring your keyboard</title> + +<para>Few things are more annoying than using Linux while a wrong keymap +for your keyboard is loaded. If you have a standard US keyboard, however, you +can skip this section, as the US keymap is the default as long as you don't +change it.</para> + +<para>To change the default keymap, create the +<filename class="symlink">/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/defkeymap.map.gz</filename> +symlink by running the following command:</para> + +<screen><userinput>ln -s path/to/keymap /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/defkeymap.map.gz</userinput></screen> + +<para>Of course, replace <filename>path/to/keymap</filename> with the path and +name of your keyboard's map file. For example, if you have a Dutch keyboard, +you would use <filename>i386/qwerty/nl.map.gz</filename>.</para> + +<para>Another way to set your keyboard's layout is to compile the keymap +into the kernel. This ensures that your keyboard will always work as expected, +even when you boot into maintenance mode (by passing `init=/bin/sh' to the +kernel), as then the bootscript that normally sets up your keymap isn't run.</para> + +<para>When in <xref linkend="chapter-mixture"/> you're ready to compile the +kernel, run the following command to patch the current default keymap into the +source (you will have to repeat this command whenever you unpack a new +kernel):</para> + +<screen><userinput>loadkeys -m /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/defkeymap.map.gz > \ + /usr/src/linux-&kernel-version;/drivers/char/defkeymap.c</userinput></screen> + +</sect2> &aa-kbd-shortdesc; &aa-kbd-desc; |