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diff --git a/chapter07/console.xml b/chapter07/console.xml index dd6103f51..9469cc94a 100644 --- a/chapter07/console.xml +++ b/chapter07/console.xml @@ -11,66 +11,11 @@ <primary sortas="d-console">console</primary> <secondary>configuring</secondary></indexterm> -<para>In this section we will configure the <command>console</command> -initscript that sets up the keyboard -map and the console font. If you -don't need to use any non-ASCII characters -(British pound and Euro character are not ASCII), -and your keyboard is a US one, you can skip this section. -Without the configuration file, -the <command>console</command> initscript will do nothing.</para> - -<para>The <command>console</command> script uses the -<filename>/etc/sysconfig/console</filename> -as a configuration file. You need to decide which keymap and screen font you -will use. The language-specific HOWTO can help you. -A pre-made -<filename>/etc/sysconfig/console</filename> file with known -good settings for several countries was installed with the LFS-Bootscripts -package, and you just have to uncomment -the relevant section if your country is supported (but read the rest -of this section anyway). -If still in doubt, -look into <filename class="directory">/usr/share/kbd</filename> -for valid keymaps and screen fonts. Then read the <command>loadkeys</command> -and <command>setfont</command> manual pages and figure out the correct -arguments for these programs. -Once you decided, create the -configuration file with the following command:</para> - <screen><userinput>cat >/etc/sysconfig/console <<"EOF" KEYMAP="<replaceable>[arguments for loadkeys]</replaceable>" FONT="<replaceable>[arguments for setfont]</replaceable>" EOF</userinput></screen> -<para>E.g., for Spanish users who also want to use the Euro character -(accessible by pressing AltGr+E), -the following settings are correct:</para> - -<screen><userinput>cat >/etc/sysconfig/console <<"EOF" -KEYMAP="es euro2" -FONT="lat9-16 -u iso01" -EOF</userinput></screen> - -<note><para>The FONT line above is correct only for the ISO-8859-15 -character set. If you prefer ISO-8859-1 and therefore use a pound sign -instead of Euro, the correct FONT line is:</para> - -<screen><userinput>FONT="lat1-16"</userinput></screen></note> - -<para>If the KEYMAP or FONT variable is not set, the -<command>console</command> initscript will not run the corresponding -program.</para> - -<para>In some keymaps, the Backspace and Delete keys send characters -different form ones in the default keymap built into the kernel. -This confuses some applications, e.g., <application>Emacs</application> -displays its help (instead of erasing the character before the cursor) -when you press Backspace. To check if your keymap is affected (this works -only for i386 keymaps):</para> - -<screen><userinput>zgrep '\W14\W' <replaceable>[/path/to/your/keymap]</replaceable></userinput></screen> - <para>If you see that keycode 14 is Backspace and not Delete, create the following keymap snippet to fix this issue:</para> @@ -91,22 +36,5 @@ after the main keymap:</para> KEYMAP_CORRECTION="/etc/kbd/bs-sends-del" EOF</userinput></screen> -<para>If you want to compile your keymap directly into the kernel instead of -setting it every time from the <command>console</command> bootscript, then -instructions are given in <xref linkend="ch-bootable-kernel"/>. Doing this -ensures that your keyboard will always work as expected, even when you boot into -maintenance mode (by passing <parameter>init=/bin/sh</parameter> to the kernel), -as in that situation, the <command>console</command> bootscript won't be run. -Additionally, the kernel will not set the screen font automatically. Again, -this shouldn't pose too many problems as ASCII characters will still be handled -correctly, and it is unlikely that you would need to rely on non-ASCII -characters whilst in maintenance mode.</para> - -<para>Since the kernel will set up the keymap, you can omit the KEYMAP variable -from the <filename>/etc/sysconfig/console</filename> configuration file. If you -wish, you can still have it, this isn't going to hurt you. Keeping it could even -be beneficial, in case you run a lot of different kernels and can't be sure that -the keymap is compiled into every one of them.</para> - </sect1> |