From 89d204ea76f9105b3539bf58c36e598266661fb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Burgess Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 20:11:58 +0000 Subject: Improved wording of keymap related paragraphs (bug 741) git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@3818 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689 --- chapter07/console.xml | 23 ++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) (limited to 'chapter07') diff --git a/chapter07/console.xml b/chapter07/console.xml index 553f27473..0e3cbe2ca 100644 --- a/chapter07/console.xml +++ b/chapter07/console.xml @@ -91,17 +91,18 @@ after the main keymap: KEYMAP_CORRECTION="/etc/kbd/bs-sends-del" EOF -If you decided to -compile your keymap directly into the kernel later on in instead of setting it every time from the -console bootscript, then you don't need to run the -loadkeys program. Since the kernel will set up the keymap, -you can omit the KEYMAP variable from the -/etc/sysconfig/console -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. +If you want to compile your keymap directly into the kernel instead of +setting it every time from the console bootscript, then +instructions are given in . Doing 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 in that +situation, the console bootscript won't be run. + +Since the kernel will set up the keymap, you can omit the KEYMAP variable +from the /etc/sysconfig/console 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. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf